Lamine Yamal denied accusations that he had an influence over Barcelona’s pursuit of Nico Williams and stressed that Fermín López was always “happy” to remain in Catalonia despite reported interest from Chelsea.
Barcelona have been deliberately frugal this summer. The reigning La Liga champions only spent money on one senior player, bringing in goalkeeper Joan García from Espanyol for €25 million ($29.1 million). Roony Bardghji arrived for a nominal fee and had to be registered as a reserve team player to avoid breaching the division’s financial regulations.
