J. Laporta: "Last summer we wanted to sign N. Williams"

2025-05-20 11:48 © Reuters

Joan Laporta, the head of the "Barcelona" club, spoke about the team's summer plans, solid income received, praises for goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, new contracts for Raphinha and Inigo Martinez, Lamine Yamal's future with the team, and Nico Williams:

This summer, there will be changes in our team.

Our rivals will also strengthen, as they have seen that our team is the best in the world.

"Barca" will earn 950 million euros. That's almost one billion euros.

We are very confident that we will be able to implement the 1:1 rule.

We signed W. Szczesny for his experience and have offered him a new contract.

We hope that the Pole will extend his contract.

The new contracts for Raphinha and I. Martinez are going in the right direction. We want to fulfill all contract extensions and then sign contracts with new players.

L. Yamal has already accepted our new offer. We just have to wait until the Spaniard turns 18.

We will be looking for other players. Last summer, we saw N. Williams as a potential recruit along with Dani Olmo, but now we are evaluating other footballers.

22-year-old Nico Williams has been playing for Bilbao's "Athletic" club since 2021, scoring 31 goals in 166 appearances.