The soccer player’s representation agency Athletic Club Nico Williams, “in a consensual manner” with the player, he asked this Wednesday “eradicate” from social networks “insults and disrespect”because “not everything goes”, after “deactivating their profiles” after the “pressure” that the removal of the Copa del Rey.
“Given the commotion caused by the closure of Nico Williams’ social profiles, we want to convey in a consensual manner with him that after the hard blow caused by the elimination of the Cup and the subsequent pressure from some users in the form of insults and disrespect on said social networks, Nico decided to deactivate his official profiles,” the agency said in a statement.
The striker and his representatives urged “strength” to “erradicate this type of attitude on social networks.” “Not everything goes,” the statement asserted, in which The footballer also wanted to “transfer his gratitude” to the fans who yesterday showed their support “with a standing ovation in San Mamés” and to all those who are “transferring their love” to him today.
In this situation, Athletic Club showed its support for Nico Williams, insisting on “insults and disrespect have no place” in his “way of understanding football”, according to a message from the entity on his Twitter account.
“In our way of understanding football, insults and disrespect have no place. They go against our identity,” said the brief text shared by the club, accompanied by a video in which the San Mamés stands chanted the striker’s name. “This is how we row together in San Mamés. Aupa Athletic!” The message continued.
The club supports its footballer after he has been victim of numerous derogatory and negative commentsafter missing two clear chances to make it 2-0 at ‘La Catedral’, a result that would have brought Athletic closer to the Cup final. Finally, it was Osasuna who, after extra time, equalized the second leg (1-1), and with the 1-0 loss in the first leg they advanced to the game for the title.
This situation led to the limit Nico Williamsthat in the face of the large number of “insults and disrespect” deleted and closed their social media profilesa drastic decision that was intended to cut to the chase with the ‘haters’ who attacked him frontally ‘online’.
“Many things are to have that point of tranquility, and sometimes young players must have that calm to hole out well and for the ball to go between the three posts and to be able to overcome those situations, nothing more”, valued the Athletic coach, Ernesto Valverde , about Nico Williams’ mistakes during the match.
