It seems Barcelona were not very interested in Nico Williams, you know he is a good friend of Yamal and Pedri. From what I heard, Laporta agreed to buy Williams because of Yamal's request. However, the rude reality is that Barcelona no longer urgent Nico Williams, Barcelona now needs a luminary replacement for Lewandowski. Also, Barcelona is still in financial disaster. In such a situation, it will be difficult for Barcelona to spend a large amount of money for Nico. The deal did not go through in the end, but Barcelona saved money. Barcelona can now find someone more talented. Nico cannot be considered a worthy replacement for Lewandowski. Cause I could see not yet Nico Williams netted more than 6 goals in a season in the Athletic Bilbao jersey.
For me it was a total failure on the part of Barcelona, ??because the player was very interested in staying at his club, not so much the rest, I think the main thing here is the lack of money for the Club, it would have been great for them to have gone to the Club World Cup, Real Madrid took $78M in Euros, Barcelona earned $52M when they won the league, so it was profitable for many, with money they would have brought him.