Manchester City made a deadline signing by including Spanish midfielder Nico Gonzalez in the team from Porto to increase squad depth in the center midfield position.
Manchester City Completed Transfer of Nico Gonzalez from Porto, Splashing a Total of £180 m for Winter Transfer Window Reinforcing Squad for Upcoming Season!
Money speaks. Some injuries and Pep got 4 new players from the winter transfer window. The Spaniards even do not have to wait for the summer window which shows the availability of transfer money in the Qatar-owned club.4
Former La Masia is New Manchester City player
The English club has completed the deal with Porto for a £50m transfer price making the Spanish midfielder fourth signing in this transfer window. The 23-year-old is a La Masia product and made senior team debut with Barcelona in 2021 and made 37 first-team appearances.
He joined Valencia in the 2022-23 season for a loan deal and then went for Porto with a permanent deal of £7m and now the Portuguese club is selling him at £50m! A profit of around £40m in just 1.5 years.
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City has already splashed £130m on Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis and now some more for the midfield option with all four signing Pep fulfilled attacking, midfield and defensive options that could give him the squad depth to compete in Champions League and Premier League.
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Nico Gonzalez considered this move as an upgrade in his career, he said, “This is the perfect opportunity for me at this stage of my career. I want to test myself in England. There's no better club than Manchester City for me to do that”. Now it would be interesting to see how Pep uses Nico Gonzalez in the team and competes in the upcoming competitions.
H/T- Skysports
