Luis de la Fuente insists Spain are fully protecting Nico Williams and are just letting the player’s interviews take their course.
Spain coach Luis de la Fuente has insist the RFEF is fully protecting Nico Williams after Athletic Bilbao president Jon Uriarte accuse the RFEF of neglecting to allow the 21-year-old forward to be question about his future amid links to Barcelona. UFABET reports on Saturday.
De la Fuente is leading Spain to a Euro 2024 final against England on Sunday. But the 63-year-old will also have to address allegations from Athletic Bilbao’s president about the Nico affair.
‘We protect the players, of course, but they have freedom. We know their professionalism. What happens outside continues to happen and we give naturalness to those situations.’
‘We’ve spoken to the players and they’re focus on what happen here. How they handle those questions in interviews. How they handle UFABET those moments is up to the players. They can decide if they want to talk about it or not, he’s free to say yes or no,’ De la Fuente said.
Nico’s future will be a topic of much interest in the coming weeks. With the player having a €58m release clause and being a top target for Barcelona this summer.