{"id":44211,"date":"2026-02-17T09:34:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T04:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=44211"},"modified":"2026-02-17T09:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T04:04:49","slug":"nico-williams-injury-nightmare-continues-as-bilbao-star-to-face-weeks-on-the-sidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/la-liga\/nico-williams-injury-nightmare-continues-as-bilbao-star-to-face-weeks-on-the-sidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Nico Williams\u2019 injury nightmare continues as Bilbao star to face weeks on the sidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Athletic Club winger Nico Williams is facing another frustrating spell away from the pitch after it was confirmed that he is still struggling with pubalgia and will begin a specialised recovery program starting tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish international has been dealing with persistent discomfort in recent weeks, raising concerns over his fitness and availability for upcoming fixtures. According to reports, Williams could be sidelined for several more weeks as the medical staff carefully manage his condition to avoid long-term complications.<\/p>\n<p>Athletic Club head coach Ernesto Valverde addressed the situation in his latest press conference, admitting that the winger is not yet fully fit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNico is still having some problems and isn\u2019t 100% yet,\u201d Valverde confirmed, underlining the uncertainty surrounding the player\u2019s return date.<\/p>\n<p>This development comes as a significant blow for Athletic Club, who rely heavily on Williams\u2019 pace, creativity, and attacking threat on the flanks. The young one has been one of the team\u2019s most dangerous players this season, contributing both goals and assists while consistently stretching opposition defenses with his explosive runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athletic Club winger Nico Williams is facing another frustrating spell away from the pitch after it was confirmed that he\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":44212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4651],"tags":[3771,3686,1823,1303,3919,3881,4801,2785],"class_list":["post-44211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-liga","tag-athletic-club","tag-david-ornstein","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-injury","tag-la-liga","tag-nico-williams","tag-sidelined","tag-williams"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44211","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=44211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44213,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44211\/revisions\/44213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}