Nico Williams will join Real Madrid despite interest from Arsenal, according to a sensational claim in the Spanish media, while TEAMtalk analyses why one needs to treat this report with caution. Williams has been on the books of Bilbao since 2013 and has established himself in the Spanish club’s first team after coming through the youth system.

Andrea Berta believes that Nico Williams would be very keen to join Arsenal this summer after what he told the winger in a recent meeting.

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