Athletic bilbao confirms the talks with Laliga with Jibe at Barcelona in chief Laporta in the middle of the Nico Williams saga

Bilbao athletics confirmed that they had had interviews with Laliga concerning Barcelona finances and the ability to record new players in the midst of the Catalan club attempts to sign Nico Williams.

Barça did not hide their desire to sign the Spanish winger Williams, who has a liberation clause of 50 million euros.

However, Spanish champions remain under financial constraints, their ability to record new players subject to their compliance with rule 1: 1.

Barça cannot spend as much as their income and accounts allow, the club subject to a limit calculated by Laliga according to their expected income.

It appeared this week that athletics were going to audit the financial situation of Barcelona in an apparent decision to block the transfer on financial fairground fields, although the Basque Club insisted that they took this line of driving to maintain the integrity of the competition.

However, the president of Barça, Joan Laporta, expressed her perplexity as Athletic approaches, saying: “Everyone should take care of her own business. I don’t understand why they would speak in Laliga, I don’t think it’s their place, but they know what they are doing. “

Athletic’s response Thursday has been published a statement entitled “Athletic Minds Its Business”.

ℹ️ Meeting with @Laliga

The athletics club appreciates the arrangement and clarity of the organization which defends the interests of all clubs.

As part of the financial show, it was discussed, among other things, the ability to incorporate FC Barcelona players.

– Athletic Club (@athleticclub) June 26, 2025

He read: “The athletics club would like to thank Laliga de Fútbol Professional for the will and the clarity shown during the meeting held yesterday between the two entities, which the presidents attended by the two organizations, Javier Tebas and Jon Uriarte.

“The meeting took place in Madrid in response to a request from the athletics club made as part of compliance at the financial show. Among the subjects covered, there was the capacity of FC Barcelona to sign the players, given the legitimate interest of the sports club to access the relevant information, after the sports director of FC Barcelona, ​​Anderson Luis de Souza, published publicly that they will try to sign a player from our first team.

“This player has a contract with Athletic Club until June 30, 2027. Changing our own business means ensuring that the rules of the competition are followed.

“The declarations of the decoration of Anderson Luis de Souza are added to the public statements made by the president of FC Barcelona, ​​Joan Laporta himself, admitting that the Blaugrana club” works to be in rule 1: 1 “and that, consequently, it is not currently in the parameters of the said rule to record the players.

“We appreciate the will and complete Laliga will and clarity in its qualified response, and we affirm that Athletic Club will fully defend its interests as much as possible in accordance with the regulations of the financial show approved by each of the professional clubs that make up Laliga.”