Athletic Bilbao played very hard to prevent Nico Williams from ending up at Barça this summer. The president of the Basque club, Jon Uriarte, explained that he spoke directly with LaLiga president Javier Tebas to warn him that if Barça paid the winger's release clause, they wouldn’t stay with their arms crossed🆗 Athletic considered that Barça could not afford this operation as it would breach LaLiga's financial controls and threatened to report the matter to prevent a departure that is now considered impossible, according to 'El c🏬. Follow Citywalkvoice for more updates #football