Athletic Club star Nico Williams continues to be strongly linked with a summer transfer to Arsenal. Following his role in helping Spain win the European champions, a number of interested suitors, including the Gunners, Barcelona and now Bayern Munich, have been keeping tabs on his situation.

The 22-year-old made a slow start to the current campaign, but he has contributed to eight goals in as many games across La Liga and the Europa League.

Regardless of those mixed fortunes, “This relationship we have at the heart of the club is incredible. Everyone respects everyone else, which is incredible," Williams said in a recent interview with France Football.

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This atmosphere, I’ll never have it anywhere else. I decided to stay because of that. I took the decision I thought was the right one. I’m happy, and I’m trying to do my best." With that being said, football.london has rounded up all the latest updates surrounding a potential transfer.

Williams is represented by Felix Tainta as his agent with claiming , likely to understand conditions for a potential deal. Meanwhile, football.london understands he is on the summer wishlist.

Agreeing personal terms is often the first step towards a transfer actually happening, but that could actually be the most difficult part in this situation as Williams' hefty wage demands have already proven to be a major stumbling block.

It has also been claimed by Bild that Bayern Munich are interested in signing Williams this summer. The German club are on track to regain their Bundesliga title and will therefore be looking to sanction big moves in order to continue dominating German football.

Bayern could end up having two potential advantages over Arsenal with the guarantee of regular trophies being one. With that comes significant prize money and therefore it is perhaps more likely the Bavarians can afford and are willing to meet his personal terms.

Arsenal will likely have to pay a set amount for Williams to arrive at Emirates Stadium. The value of that release clause is

Plenty has been said about Williams' contract and the talk of a release clause being present but in all honestly, no one knows the absolute ins and outs of the four-year extension he signed back in late 2023.