Ass: Nico Williams is about to join, Barcelona urgently needs to sell Fati to free up salary space

June 20 According to the Spanish media Ass, if Nico Williams transfers and joins, the two sides sign until 2031, if Barcelona wants to register him easily, then they urgently need to unload their salary burden.

One of these is Fati, who ranks among the top five in Barcelona's salary. In the 2024-25 season, Fati's playing time was less than 300 minutes and he did not score a single goal. In the overall celebration of the team, his image was full of frustration. Fati is talented and has a great popularity in the team, but his body cannot keep up with it, despite his efforts.

Fati has been exploring the option of leaving the team for months, and the transfer to Monaco seems to be finalized for a while. The problem is that Fati's conditions for leaving the team are very complicated. His salary is extremely high, but his market value is very low. Monaco is unable to pay its salary, and Barcelona is reluctant to take part of its salary because they need to free up their salary space. Barcelona also hopes not to completely lose its sports rights in case Fati’s career turnaround at some point, but the interested clubs are also reluctant to be the springboard.

Barcelona is very likely to be a loser because they desperately need to get rid of Fati. The good relationship between sports director Deco and Fati's agent Jorge Mendes is a foreshadowing that there will always be some solution in the end. But despite July not coming, Nico Williams' signing forced Deco to step up its moves on Fati's departure, and if he didn't want to fall into the dilemma of not being able to complete the registration for Nico Williams.