La Liga giants Barcelona were all four last season and did not win a single title. The current Barcelona is not only lackluster in terms of results, but also almost dragged down by the profligacy of previous years in the management of the club.
In the transfer market, Barcelona can't even take out 50 million euros now, and many positions that need to be strengthened can only be brought in after clearing high-paid players.
At the moment, what Barcelona want most is Athletic Bilbao winger Nico. Williams, the 22-year-old, scored eight goals and provided 16 assists in 37 appearances last season. At the European Championships, Williams was also the starting left winger of the Spanish team, and he flew on the wings with Yamal from Barcelona and was the main attacking weapon of the Spanish team.
Barcelona have been following Williams for a long time, he is very much in line with the team's tactical needs, and Williams has made it clear among many suitors that he wants to join Barca the most. His contract with Bilbao has a release clause of €58 million. This price would not have been a problem for Barcelona a few years ago, after all, they spent hundreds of millions of dollars on Coutinho, Dembele, Griezmann and others.
According to Daily Sport, Barcelona recently submitted their first offer to Bilbao for the transfer of Williams, with 40 million euros to be paid in two installments, plus former Bilbao defender Inigo. Martinez (worth €5 million). But Bilbao did not respond at all to this offer.
Barcelona plan to make a second offer in the near future, with a fixed transfer fee of 55 million euros + a floating fee of 10 million euros, and then add Inigo. Martinez. The first instalment will be 30 million euros and the second installment will be 25 million euros.
In fact, Barcelona itself knows that although this price has exceeded the release fee, Bilbao wants to get a release fee of 58 million euros directly. Martinez Bilbao didn't want it at all, and he had already fallen out with the club when he left.
So for this second offer, Barcelona itself is not confident. But since the existing high-paid players simply can't clean up, Raphinha and Ferran. Torres is reluctant to leave, and Barcelona, who is shy in their pockets, really has no money.
Originally, this summer, Barcelona's first choice for the left winger position was Nico. Williams, Plan B is Liverpool's Louis. Dias (worth 75 million euros), but now Barcelona can't afford one, so they have to look for other targets.
Several Spanish media outlets have reported that Barcelona are in talks with Championship side Hull City to prepare for the club's winger Firogan Fernandes. Bidas quotes.
Born on 18 May 2002, Bidas holds dual British and Dominica citizenship. He comes through the Aston Villa academy system and moved to Hull City for €5.8 million in the summer window in the 2023 window, with Villa having a €15 million right of first refusal.
Bidas has scored 12 goals and provided six assists in 32 Championship games for Hull City this season, and his value has risen to €15 million.
From the technical point of view, Bidas is a fast, technical and good winger, who is good at breaking through, mainly playing with his right foot and playing as a left winger. Bidas is best known to fans for a match in February, when he scored the ball with a beautiful flower foot at almost a 0-degree angle after successive passes on the flank, and this goal is also considered a strong contender for this year's Puskas Award.
Bidas's contract expires in June 2026, and Hull City have a price tag of €30 million for him, with Tottenham, Ajax and other teams interested in bringing him in earlier. It is expected that 25 million euros will be close to the transaction.
Some fans may think that how Barcelona is so desperate to buy people in the Championship that there are actually many excellent players who have played in the lower leagues. Olise, who is close to Bidas, has just been bought by Bayern for 60 million euros, and in 2020-21 he scored seven goals and provided 12 assists in 44 appearances for Reading in the Championship, which is similar to Bidas.
In addition, Djekereish, who scored big in Sporting de Portugal, also came from Coventry City in the Championship, and the likes of Watkins and Solanke, who topped the Premier League scorer list last season, also have Championship experience.
In addition, Bidas belongs to the "English household register", even if Barcelona does not reach the superstar level, it will not lose if it is sold to a Premier League team, after all, the strongest purchasing power is now the Premier League, and it is unambiguous that the midstream team spends 30 million euros to buy people.
Who Barcelona will choose in the left winger position, we will wait and see!