Barcelona star drops Nico Williams hint on social media | OneFootball

A leading member of the defensive ranks at La Liga giants Barcelona has on Thursday made clear his excitement with the prospect of Nico Williams arriving at the club.

The player in question? Alejandro Balde.

The name of wide-man Nico has of course dominated the headlines in Catalunya’s capital across the day to date.

This comes after widespread confirmation was forthcoming that the 22-year-old has agreed on the personal terms of a contract with Hansi Flick’s Barcelona.

It is now up to the Camp Nou brass to activate Nico’s Athletic Club release clause.

And as alluded to above, one current member of Hansi Flick’s squad who appears to be very much happy that his fellow countryman’s proposed Blaugrana switch is moving in the right direction is Alejandro Balde.

After stumbling across transfer insider Fabrizio Romano’s Instagram post, confirming Barca’s agreement with Nico, left-back Balde responded with a simple ‘like’:

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