Nico Williams was the talk of the transfer window at Barcelona this summer but in the end it was reported that the player chose to stay at Athletic Bilbao.

However according to Barca sporting director Deco it was the Catalans who decided to pull the plug on the transfer.

I tell you again. We are talking about level. Today we have Raphinha and Ferran the return of Ansu who was very good in preseason Deco said in his chat on Barca One.

Furthermore Lamine and players like Fermin or Olmo can play there on the left.

To bring in a new player he had to be of a very high level. The signing of Dani gave us more options.

It not that we didnt talk to players like Nico Williams but we had other priorities that were decisive in not bringing in another winger Deco said.