This article was originally published on www.si.com as Nico Williams: Reason for Shock Barcelona Snub ‘Revealed’. Nico Williams snubbed a move to Barcelona after the La Liga champions refused to meet his demands over a handful of issues, a report has revealed.

A headline member of the midfield ranks at La Liga heavyweights Real Madrid was in the early hours of Saturday drawn on arch rivals Barcelona’s failure to land chief transfer target Nico

The transfer of Nico Williams from Athletic to Barcelona did not go through because the player demanded a clause in the contract allowing him to leave if registration was not possible, which the Catalan club refused,