{"id":14342,"date":"2024-08-10T11:25:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T05:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=465857"},"modified":"2024-08-10T11:25:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T05:55:49","slug":"barcelona-to-target-this-forward-if-nico-williams-plan-flops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/barcelona-to-target-this-forward-if-nico-williams-plan-flops\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona to target this forward if Nico Williams\u2019 plan flops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FC Barcelona have identified their new target if their Plan A of signing Nico Williams from Athletic Club flops. Currently the deal is at stall and Barcelona are trying hard to secure his signature as they feel he could be crucial for them in the upcoming season. But if they couldn\u2019t sign him, there are reports that the club will target Juventus\u2019 forward Federico Chiesa.<\/p>\n<p>The Serie A forward is also expected to leave Juventus this summer. However these reports doesn\u2019t have a robust backing and thus this should just be consider a rumour for now. FC Barcelona\u2019s purchase of Athletic Club\u2019s Nico Williams has hit a roadblock, leaving the Catalan giants exploring alternative options for bolstering their attacking lineup.<\/p>\n<p>With the transfer negotiations for Williams stalling, reports suggest that Barcelona may turn their attention to Juventus forward Federico Chiesa if their primary target slips through their fingers.<\/p>\n<p>Nico Williams, known for his pace and versatility, is highly regarded by Barcelona\u2019s management, who believe his addition could be crucial for the team\u2019s success in the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>Federico Chiesa has emerged as a potential Plan B for the Blaugrana. The Italian international, who has been a standout performer in Serie A, is rumored to be on the move this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FC Barcelona have identified their new target if their Plan A of signing Nico Williams from Athletic Club flops. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":36075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1966,661,3796,564,180,3881,773],"class_list":["post-14342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-athletic-bilbao","tag-barcelona","tag-football","tag-hansi-flick","tag-juventus","tag-nico-williams","tag-spain"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}