So why is Frankie de Jong still not for sale? If you really want to fix the financial crisis, of course something has to be sacrificed. I think it is realistic to sell de Jong, who with his sale can provide some relief to improve the team by utilizing the sales proceeds to buy players who are desired but whose prices are still affordable.
I am also a bit confused with Barcelona management. There are 2 players with highest salaries in Barcelona, Frankie de Jong and Robert Lewandowski. I think these players deserve to put on transfer list if Barcelona really wants to reduce their allocation for players' salaries. Barcelona also can get good amount of money by selling them to other teams. The performance of these players in the last season was no longer very impressive. Why don't Barcelona gets a new striker with cheaper salary? I think they don't need to look for the replacement for De Jong because Barcelona has enough midfilders.
They want Nico Williams now because many rumors say that if they want to bring in Williams, Barcelona will receive FFP sanctions. Lewandowski is old, ideal to be replaced by a younger generation and suitable to be paired with Yamal. This is a consequence that Barcelona must take in order to avoid sanctions and increasingly messy finances. Totally improving finances is not a good solution, and Barcelona will not be able to do it other than improving little by little.
Yes, Barcelona is linked Nico Williams. The latest rumor stated that Barcelona management is very close to sign him. However, with the issue of FFP sanction, I think there is no way that Barcelona can sign Nico Williams.