Last straight line of the transfer window, last calls, last negotiations, and perhaps last business. Large actor of this winter window, with more than 150 million euros paid to recruit Omar Marmoush (€ 75 million), Abdukodir Khusanov (€ 40 million + bonus), and Vitor Reis (€ 37 million), Manchester City could strike a Last big blow before closing the English market, scheduled for February 3.
This time, it is neither in defense nor in attack, that the quadruple defending champion in reigning should move, but rather in the midfield. Orphans of Rodri, package for several months, the Skyblues have displayed enormous generosity in recent months: Gundogan has no more influence of yesteryear, Bernardo Silva and Kovacic do not have the same characteristics as Spanish, and Nunes struggles to assert itself. As a result, the English leaders are raking wide hoping to find the missing link in Guardiola.
Xavi did not even count on him at Barça
This Friday, Reader Then informs us of a great interest of Skyblues for a certain Nico Gonzalez. Not the Argentinian winger of Juventus Turin, his namesake, but rather the midfielder who is today the good time of Porto. With 29 matches played this season, for 7 goals and 6 assists, the 23 -year -old Spaniard asserted himself as an irremovable holder in his club, joined 18 months ago. And it is no coincidence that Liverpool had recently expressed an interest in the international Spanish hope.
This time, the latest echoes resonate rather on the side of Manchester City, which would have taken tongue with its Portuguese counterpart for the native of Corogne. Discussions are currently taking place, but Porto will not let go of his player at any price. As a reminder, Nico Gonzalez's contract contains a release clause estimated at 60 million euros, while Barça has a percentage to the resale of 40%, which necessarily limits the added value released by the Portuguese club. Concretely, if the deal resulted on the basis of these figures, the Catalans would recover 24 million euros, on an element left aside by Xavi. There is worse as new.
