Barcelona have failed in their pursuit of Athletic Club winger Nico Williams for the second consecutive summer and he has now signed a massive ten-year deal with his boyhood club.

The breakdown in negotiations came following the revelation that Barcelona are not yet operating under La Liga’s 1:1 financial rules and, as it stands, would not be able to register Williams in their squad—a similar dilemma which plagued the club after last season’s acquisition of Dani Olmo.