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Arsenal ROCKED as Nico Williams talks COLLAPSE
Carlo Garganese
- 6 Apr 2025 08:51 BST
- 4 min read
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Arsenal have ended all talks with Nico Williams over a summer transfer.
In shock developments on Sunday, El Nacional report that the Gunners have ended all negotiations with Williams and his representatives due to obscene wage demands.
Current ETV
Nico Williams
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Athletic
Nico Williams
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Athletic
ETV Range
€64.1M - €78.4M
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The report claims that Williams was asking to be the highest paid player at Arsenal.
Kai Havertz is currently the best paid player at the Emirates at over €17 million per season.
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Arsenal reject Williams demands
Arsenal considered Williams' request to be far too high and have now ended all talks.
It comes as a big blow to the Gunners as Williams had been their top target for the summer market.
Indeed, in recent days it had appeared as if Arsenal were getting closer to signing the Euro 2024 star.
Now the deal has gone up in smoke, if El Nacional can be believed.
Arsenal had been happy to trigger Williams' €58 million release clause in his Athletic contract but they won't accept his salary demands.
This news will be welcomed at Barcelona, who also want to sign the player this summer.
Arsenal and Barcelona were in a two-way tussle to sign Williams last summer but the player eventually stayed at Athletic Bilbao.
Barca had been particularly desperate to sign the Athletic winger last summer but were unable to complete a deal for financial reasons.
It has long since been claimed that Williams would ideally rather join Barca if that move is still on the table.
Williams at Euro 2024
Williams was one of the stars of Euro 2024 with electric performances as Spain won the trophy.
He scored in the 2-1 final win over England and was one of the players of the tournament.
His best performance was arguably against Italy where he tore apart the right-back Giovanni Di Lorenzo and set up the winner - an own goal by Riccardo Calafiori.
He also scored a fantastic goal in the win over Georgia in the last-16.
The 22-year-old Williams is considered one of the most exciting young wingers in all of Europe.
Blessed with lightning pace and dribbling skills, he has a promising future in the game.
After making his debut for Athletic in 2021, Williams has scored 27 goals in 157 games.
He has also scored five goals in 26 games for Spain, and travelled to the 2022 World Cup.
This season he has nine goals in 37 games.
