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CITY WILL PAY NICO'S CLAUSE

Manchester City takes Nico González and leaves a fortune for Barça

Published:3/02/2025 - 17:51h

Updated:3/02/2025 - 18:34h

Nico González will be a City player in the coming hours. The 'skyblues' will deposit the player's 60 million clause and Barça will receive over 20 million.

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The Manchester City is working against the clock to continue strengthening its squad before the winter transfer window closes. The resounding defeat against Arsenal (5-1) and the tie against Real Madrid in the Champions League have raised alarms at the Etihad Stadium, where they are working to meet the great request of Pep Guardiola in the final stretch of the transfer market.

The coach from Sampedor has seen how the 'skyblues' made a significant financial effort to bring in center-backs Vitor Reis and Khusanov and forward Omar Marmoush, but the coach continues to call for a midfielder to try to mitigate the irreplaceable absence of Rodrigo Hernández in the pivot.

For this reason, the 'citizen' entity has accelerated in the last hours to close the signing of Nico González, a youth player from FC Barcelona, who is currently with Porto. Negotiations between the Mancunians and the Portuguese began several days ago, and when it seemed that the agreement had cooled due to financial differences, the team's urgencies in this position have led the English to deposit his release clause, valued at 60 million euros.

Barça will receive a fortune

This was reported by journalist Fabrizio Romano, who revealed that City has been forced to concede to the dragons' demands to take Guardiola's great desire. The player, for his part, will travel to Manchester to complete the final documents and undergo a medical examination, so the official announcement will arrive in the coming hours.

The arrival of Nico González in the Premier League is the best possible news for Barça, which retained 40% of the profit from a future sale when transferring him to Porto and will now receive an amount close to 24 million euros, a significant amount to continue stabilizing the club's finances and which will be more than useful come summer.