Nico Williams is dealing with questions about his future

Nico Williamsinterviewed this Wednesday night on the program ‘El Larguero’, from Cadena Sermade it clear when asked about his future that he is now focused on the Spanish team and the Euro Cup, a competition where on Friday he will play in the quarterfinal tie against Germany (18 hours, TVE1). On three occasions he diverted the questions towards the big event with the national team, always with good humor, and he also did not respond to the direct question if he had already decided on his future: “One hundred percent, national team,” he settled. . The 21-year-old winger of Athletic, who has a contract until 2027, is one of the players with the most suitors in Europe, among them FC Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ he is a great relationship, especially with Lamine Yamal. His termination clause is around 58 million euros.

Asked about the possibility of repeating the tandem he is with now in the future Lamine Yamal with the national team, he focuses on the journalistic ‘tables’ in the most immediate: “Here, yes, we played a very important match on Friday, I focus on the Euro Cup, showing that we can do more.” At the insistence of Barcelona fans like Fermin, Peter, Ferran and himself Laminate luring him to Barça, he said “of course I want to play with them in the national team.”

Nico explained how their chemistry was born Laminate: “He brought us together bucketI have good friendships bucket and he introduced us when he came to the first call. And we became very friends, we have similar tastes and even today. For his age he is quite mature. He is very humble, at 16 years old you are a bit pissed off, everyone praises you, tells you how good you are, but he handles it naturally, he has fun playing soccer and that’s all he cares about. And in terms of football he is great, he has an incredible one-on-one. Then there is decision-making, he decides very well, something that is very difficult for me. It’s incredible to play with him.” As for their understanding of each other on the field, it reminded him of the connection he had with his brother. Iñaki to Athletic: “When you get along, you understand each other better on the field. It happens to me with my brother and with Laminate Likewise, I know where it is almost without looking. The team also helps with that, we try to make a lot of food, forget about our cell phones, communicate with each other, which makes us feel good.”

Author of a great goal against Georgia, recognized the least of Williams who is working on improving his finishing: “Both here and at my club I have a lot of influence on finishing, as my coach tells me, I cannot be a player of ‘highlights’, of little dribbles and plays that end in nothing. I also have in mind scoring goals to get closer to my goal: to be one of the best in my position, and I’m very happy to have them help me. Morata That had a big impact on me too.”

Learning from the best

“I’m a sponge”

He assesses his state of form as “I finished the games well, not too tired, I was resting, it happened to me before. Kimmich? He’s my next opponent, yes, I’m looking forward to facing him and adding experiences to my game, so I can do well and hopefully advance to the semifinals. I haven’t seen his videos, the coaches have given me guidelines on how to orient himself and things like that. Maybe it’s good for me that he’s not a natural full-back, maybe he’s not used to that position, but he’s a good defender and I’ll try to get past him with my weapons.” He revealed that these weapons are may have many influences: “If I look Mbappe? I try to implement things from other footballers, I like to watch videos, whole games, I watch players in my position, as my brother says, I am a sponge and I like to listen and learn. ” One of the forwards he admires. is Musialathat he will face on Friday: “Musiala “I like it a lot, the controls, the dribbling, how it is outlined, it is very complete.”

praise him Luis de la Fuentehis coach: “Coach helped me a lot, he brought out my potential and he has a lot of character even though he doesn’t seem like that. When he gets angry, he gets angry. He is a very open, sincere and transparent person, sincere, but he is angry .. He is very ambitious, his ideas are clear, and we should thank him because he always stood up for us.

He became emotional when talking about his family: “We’ve dreamed of this since we were little, my parents have been through a lot, we’ve fulfilled a dream and we still have a lot to do. It’s incredible for Williamsall my family in Spain and Africa are proud of us, there in Africa they also follow the games.” As a curiosity, he explained that sometimes the games of Spain enter his mind. Iñaki: “I am doing things very well, I always wanted to play in a European Championship, I have the opportunity and I hope I can add more things. Iñaki He was very proud to see his younger brother in big stadiums and doing great things, I dreamed of showing him everything I could do for him to be satisfied. I’m very happy too. “Sometimes I think about my brother, during the games, some anger he gives me at Athletic because he didn’t get to the place.”

About criticizing the Lehmann, the former goalkeeper of Germany, responded to Spain’s inexperience that “they are opinions, but we have an incredible team with natural competitors, there is no better, maybe France has better individually, but not as a group.” Looking forward to the quarterfinal clash match Germanyis clear that “we know what we have to do, they have good players, but we face them with a lot of enthusiasm and desire. People have put a lot of pressure on us and we want to start playing now. It’s not an easy path, we had to This is a difficult part, but it motivates us to play better games makes us reach shooting situations. It is a very complete game Georgia It’s good for us to get to know each other better. “It’s not that easy when the outcome is against you.”