It is no secret that Barcelona are determined to sign Nico Williams from Athletic Bilbao this summer and make his devastating wing duo with Lamine Yamal at international level a weekly occurence at the club level as well, and it feels like the Blaugrana are ready to literally do whatever it takes to active Nico’s €58 million release clause. That includes doing something that goes against basic financial advice.

Yes, Barça are ready to take out a loan to cover the costs of Williams’ signing, according to Diario Sport. The Catalans already went to the banks once this year to make up for their losses for not reaching the Champions League semi-finals as well as not winning La Liga, but now they’re going to ask for more cash to pay Nico’s release clause.

And that’s only phase one of the plan: once they get the loan and pay the release clause, they’ll still have to find a way to fit Nico’s €12 million yearly wages within La Liga’s salary cap, which is not easy and will have to include the departure of a few players to create enough room. It is not a simple process, but there seems to be confidence within the club that Nico Williams will be a Barça player next season.

Even if that means having to take out a loan and make their bad financial situation even worse. As good as Nico is, are we sure this is a good idea?