Nico Williams admits his early-season form has been hampered by speculation linking him with a summer move to Barcelona
Athletic Bilbao’s Spain international forward Nico Williams has admitted that speculation linking him with a move to Barcelona last summer affected his performances at the start of the season.
The 22-year-old forward starred เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย as Spain won Euro 2024 and was a target for Barcelona in the summer, although Nico opted to stay at Athletic Bilbao, having struggled for form early in the season and admitting that was a blow to his transfer rumours.
‘Everything that happens around me affects me. There are people who don’t understand and criticize me, but that’s part of football,’ Nico said. ‘I want a lot from myself to grow as a player, to score more goals, to assist my teammates to score goals, and I’m very happy.’
Nico admits he has struggled to cope with the media attention that is on him more than ever. ‘I’m a 22-year-old kid, all that noise affects you, you don’t know how to deal with it. There’s a lot of things that come out in the media and at first I felt a little bit unhappy and frustrated because I didn’t know what to say. With all the love from the team and the fans, I’ve grown and played my best football. ‘
‘We turned the pressure of playing in a final into inspiration,’ the 22-year-old forward said of the Basque side’s focus on this season’s Europa League.