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Nico Williams reveals how Lamine Yamal and Alejandro Balde tried to convince him to join Barcelona

Nico Williams has revealed how Barcelona stars tried their best to convince him to move to the club during the summer transfer window.

The Athletic Club star emerged as Barcelona’s top target, but the Catalans missed out on Williams as he ended up staying at the Basque side instead,

Williams has been quizzed about his summer on the tv show La Revuelta TV and admitted it was a tricky time as the likes of Lamine Yamal and Alejandro Balde would text him “all the time.”

He added: “It was difficult. On top of that, the ‘bastards’ of Lamine and Balde and others didn’t help.