Nico Williams agreement reported €80m

El Nacional reported on May 22 that Nico Williams had reached an agreement to leave Athletic Club in a transfer it valued at 80 million euros, adding that there was still no official confirmation from the Bilbao club or the player’s representatives. The report did not say a deal had been announced. Athletic Club’s official website on May 23 still carried Williams as a first-team player and showed no transfer statement. The 23-year-old Spain winger remains one of Athletic’s highest-profile players and has been linked repeatedly with a move away from San Mamés. Athletic’s official site published a medical report on May 11 saying Williams had suffered a moderate hamstring injury in his left leg after being substituted against Valencia. That update is one of the club’s latest official notices on him in the material reviewed. (elnacional.cat) ### What exactly did El Nacional say was agreed? El Nacional said Williams “had reached an agreement” to leave Athletic for 80 million euros and said his future would be at another club, while also stating there was no official confirmation. The report framed the move as advanced but unannounced. (athletic-club.eus) The publication’s wording matters because it stops short of an official filing, club statement or player announcement. As of May 23, no such confirmation appeared on Athletic Club’s official news pages surfaced in this review. ### Has Athletic Club said anything publicly? (elnacional.cat) Athletic Club had not published a transfer confirmation on its official website as of May 23. The club’s visible recent items concerning Williams included the May 11 medical report and his player profile, but not a departure notice. (elnacional.cat) That leaves the reported 80 million-euro figure unconfirmed by the club. The available official material reviewed here does not include comment from Williams’ representatives either. ### Why is the €80 million number drawing attention? The 80 million-euro figure is the central claim in El Nacional’s report because it suggests a price above the 58 million-euro number widely cited around Williams in earlier transfer coverage. (athletic-club.eus) Search results reviewed for context show later references to a failed 58 million-euro move and subsequent contract developments, though those references are outside the May 22 report itself. (elnacional.cat) Because Athletic had not confirmed a transfer, the 80 million-euro valuation remains a reported figure rather than an official fee. No filing, statement or registration document was visible in the sources reviewed. ### What is Williams doing in Bilbao next week? (elnacional.cat) Deia reported on May 22 that Williams and Red Bull were bringing the national final of “Rey del Barrio” to Bilbao, with key rounds scheduled for May 28 and May 29 in Errekalde. The newspaper described Williams as the ambassador and driving figure behind the street-football event. (elnacional.cat) That appearance places Williams in a named public event in Bilbao days after the transfer report. Deia said Errekalde would host both the last qualifying stage and the national final. ### What can be said with confidence now? May 22 is the date of the report that said Williams had agreed to leave for 80 million euros, and May 23 is the date on which Athletic Club’s official site still showed no confirmation of a transfer. (deia.eus) Those are the clearest verified facts available from the sources reviewed. May 28 and May 29 are the next concrete dates attached to Williams in the reporting, through the “Rey del Barrio” event in Bilbao cited by Deia. Any transfer confirmation, if it comes, would need to come from Athletic Club, the buying club or the player’s camp. (deia.eus) (elnacional.cat)