Overview

• Nico Williams has set a firm deadline for written guarantees of immediate first-team registration or he will pull out of his agreement to join Barcelona.
• LaLiga has confirmed that Barcelona still does not meet its one-for-one spending rule, blocking new signings until equivalent revenues or savings are secured.
• Barcelona is considering Williams’s proposed first-year wage concession and potential player sales, including goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen, to comply with league requirements.
• Athletic Bilbao condemned and restored a vandalized mural of Williams in Barakaldo and publicly reaffirmed its support for the academy graduate.
• FC Bayern Munich has signaled readiness to activate Williams’s €60 million release clause should Barcelona fail to complete his registration.