Barcelona rival carries out ground on Nico Williams, ready to make first offer (reliability: 5 stars)

Barcelona rival carries out ground on Nico Williams, ready to make first offer (reliability: 5 stars)

Chelsea are not given up on signing Nico Williams this summer, according to The Athletic.

The English club have carried out long-term groundwork on the Spanish winger and are now prepared to make their first offer for the attacker.

Barca remains interested in Williams but haven’t made a move to get him given their financial travails in La Liga.

Thus, Chelsea are ahead of Barca in the race for Williams given they started monitoring the player first and have the financial means to sign him.

However, the source claims that Williams wants to stay in Spain. Also, his relationship with Barca stars like Lamine Yamal and Pedri works in favour of the Blaugrana in their pursuit of the 22-year-old.

Barcelona are already blessed with wingers like Raphinha and Ferran Torres who can play left-wing but Williams represents a shiny new piece of machinery who, like Andres Iniesta says, could take Barca to the next level.