Nico Williams reportedly chose to stay at Athletic Club de Bilbao after Barcelona refused to insert an exit clause in his contract in case they could not register him. The Spain winger had verbally

The Catalan club were rebuffed by Athletic Club last summer and had to compete with Bayern Munich for the winger.

The buyout clause in Nico Williams' new contract at Athletic Bilbao will come into effect next year. Williams signed a new deal with Athletic this week to 2035, extending the original deal which was to run to 2027. The new arrangement includes a buyout clause of €100m - which comes into effect at the turn of the year in 2026.