Memes dominate the news about FC Barcelona. Whether it's a statement from its president or a video that comes out on 'X', lately there's always a humorous version that accompanies it . The Nico Williams case was dominating the news even before the transfer market began and it was the dream of all the culés.
However, economic reality has woken them up again . With Joan Laporta giving motivational speeches like a Roman emperor who sees his empire close to collapse, Barcelona were faced with reality. Nico Williams was more a dream than a reality and the transfer was never close to being completed.
Memes as the main consequence
Obviously, anyone who wanted to laugh at Barcelona did so without any shame after creating the mess they created and coming up empty-handed. On social media, users could be seen who had already taken the number '11' from Raphinha to give it to Nico Williams. The Brazilian extrem, far from staying silent, laughed at these peculiar situations.
It is surprising after the circus they put on in Barcelona that in the end it all came to nothing. In fact, it attracted so much attention that the American sports website Bleacher Report wanted to make a humorous video about the hypothetical negotiation between Nico Williams and Barça.
In it, you can see Nico Williams walking through the corridors of what looks like a hotel, wearing the national team's kit. He enters a room that symbolises Barcelona and finds Lamine Yamal overflowing with joy for the new addition to his team. After greeting him, Nico turns around and sees Robert Lewandowski making tiktoks like 'Peter the Eel', not one is spared.
After this, Nico sets off towards Joan Laporta's office. On the way, João Félix is seen outside the room wearing an Atlético de Madrid shirt. Behind the window, they act as if the Portuguese footballer is knocking on it to get a place in the club.
But the best part had been saved for last. Once Nico Williams sat down in the office of the President of FC Barcelona, he handed him the contract and read the following. On a sheet that symbolises the conditions of the contract, it states "Subscription to Spotify Premium, PS5 + EA FC 25 Ultimate Edition and 10% discount in the Barça store".
There's not much to explain here. The end of the video is Nico Williams getting up angry and going back to Bilbao wearing an Athletic Club shirt while Lamine Yamal cries about not signing him. Barça probably didn't take this video very well, mocking that they don't have the money to sign players, even though their president says otherwise.
Maybe it's time to tell the fans the truth , instead of selling them a bike that runs worse than the car they wanted to sell Mauricio. Maybe, at that moment, they will stop being seen by Europe as a laughing stock in the offices.