Nico Williams

[Archibald&Crooks]

Tottenham among Premier League suitors for Athletic Bilbao’s Nico Williams

Spain international, who can play across the attack, has a £42.8 million buyout clause in his contract

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Montalbano]

The chosen one

 

[Guntz]

Would be a massive coup if we somehow managed to pull that deal off.

Still think he'll end up at one of the super clubs though.

 

[arunspurs]

I absolutely cant see it.
Loads of team should be wanting him....

 

[Hazelton]

Has us written all over it.

 

[Ruffinthepuffin]

Would be an incredible coup to get him.

Please, please, please.

 

[delawarespur]

Would be an immediate level raiser, and this type of signing is what I think we should be targeting, both in a winger and in a no 6.

 

[sidford]

Be so difficult to get him out of there. Bilboa is such a special place for their players, his family loves it there he plays with his brother etc

I think only a super club (real Madrid, city, Barca) have a big enough pull to take him out of there.

Hope im wrong but just find it hard to see us getting him

 

[felmani26]

Will be a plethora of clubs in for him at that buyout clause.

Can easily see Liverpool being front of the queue to replace Salah.

 

[Guntz]

Will be a plethora of clubs in for him at that buyout clause.

Can easily see Liverpool being front of the queue to replace Salah.

I don’t think Salah will leave.

But Diaz might to PSG and Williams would be the perfect replacement for him.

 

[felmani26]

I don’t think Salah will leave.

But Diaz might to PSG and Williams would be the perfect replacement for him.

I think it's absolutely the right time for Salah to leave and once again Saudi are calling for what will be another big coup.

Sell him and reinvest in what will be a big overhaul for Amorim post Klopp era.

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

Thing is Williams isn’t any kind of Salah replacement.

To replace Salah, Liverpool need to find someone who is a huge goal threat and who can offer real killer instinct. Williams isn’t a huge goal threat currently and is more of a winger. He is also best LW despite being comfortable at RW too.

Pool would be far better off going for someone like Kudus or Bowen to replace Salah. They will maintain at least some level of goal threat he provides and they are both inside forwards like Salah.

Makes a lot more sense as a Diaz replacement though.

 

[Trix]

Thing is Williams isn’t any kind of Salah replacement.

To replace Salah, Liverpool need to find someone who is a huge goal threat and who can offer real killer instinct. Williams isn’t a huge goal threat currently and is more of a winger. He is also best LW despite being comfortable at RW too.

Pool would be far better off going for someone like Kudus or Bowen to replace Salah. They will maintain at least some level of goal threat he provides and they are both inside forwards like Salah.

Makes a lot more sense as a Diaz replacement though.

Who knows what Liverpool are thinking right now. Until they nail down a manager I doubt they know themselves. I doubt the new guy, especially if it's Amorim, is looking for a carbon copy replacement for Salah anyway and is more likely looking to replace his quality, and get the goals from elsewhere. Would not be at all surprised if he takes Gyokeres with him if he gets the gig. Could probably get Gyokeres and Williams for the money the Saudi's will pay for Salah.

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

Who knows what Liverpool are thinking right now. Until they nail down a manager I doubt they know themselves. I doubt the new guy, especially if it's Amorim, is looking for a carbon copy replacement for Salah anyway and is more likely looking to replace his quality, and get the goals from elsewhere. Would not be at all surprised if he takes Gyokeres with him if he gets the gig. Could probably get Gyokeres and Williams for the money the Saudi's will pay for Salah.

Yeah that’s true, good points.

Hopefully we can use their transitional period to our advantage to jump ahead of them in the queue.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Williams signing would show we are properly at the top table in terms of a club, plan, vision and financially.

He'd surely have ALL of the top teams interested.

Very reasonable buy-out clause and would suit our system down to the ground.

Exactly 1 of the 2 statement attacking signings which we need.

 

[funkycoldmedina]

Williams signing would show we are properly at the top table in terms of a club, plan, vision and financially.

He'd surely have ALL of the top teams interested.

Very reasonable buy-out clause and would suit our system down to the ground.

Exactly 1 of the 2 statement attacking signings which we need.

That's what we said about N'Dombele

 

[ItsBoris]

Would be a massive coup if we somehow managed to pull that deal off.

Still think he'll end up at one of the super clubs though.

Only 7 clubs in the world have higher revenues than we do, and there are several in that group that don't have the financial means.

In the Premier League, I don't see Man City going for him, and Liverpool if they get Amorim might switch to a system that doesn't use this kind of wide player. So maybe Arsenal but they have Martinelli already. United's a mess. So I feel like we could be the best choice in the PL. Outside the PL, I could see PSG going for him maybe.

I imagine with a release clause (and if he's as good as everyone says) that we'll be working on it.

 

[ItsBoris]

Who knows what Liverpool are thinking right now. Until they nail down a manager I doubt they know themselves. I doubt the new guy, especially if it's Amorim, is looking for a carbon copy replacement for Salah anyway and is more likely looking to replace his quality, and get the goals from elsewhere. Would not be at all surprised if he takes Gyokeres with him if he gets the gig. Could probably get Gyokeres and Williams for the money the Saudi's will pay for Salah.

Definitely could see him taking Gyokeres. If he looks to play the same system at Pool that he does at Sporting I don't think he'd be looking for a player like Williams. But at the same time I don't agree with the assumption that a manager will necessarily bring the same system along with them to a new club.

 

[luRRka]

Mike Mcgrath reiterating our interest - his quote tweet is his story from 9th April so I don't know if he's heard anything new or just advertising his old article but worth sharing

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

Pray that it’s another link to us and not another team in for him.