The midfielder Nico González would have an in Portugal before a movement of 50 million pounds sterling in Manchester City.
Negotiations with Porto are beyond the invoicing structure, all parties are optimistic, an agreement will be reached before the deadline of 23 hours.
Man City has already spent millions of sterling pounds in this movement window, bringing Omar Marmous, Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis.
City explored in the market for a new No. 6 with the former midfielder of Aston Villa Douglas Luiz one of the many fields they have examined.
However, González can be on his way to the Etihad stadium, while the city takes its expenses in January of approximately 180 million pounds sterling.
The 23 -year -old Old joined the Academy of Barcelona in 2013 and played 27 appearances for the club before joining Porto in an agreement of 8. 5 million euros in 2023.
Barcelona was due to 40% of the prices won through Porto for the midfielder.
The Portuguese team also has the option to buy an additional 20% at any time, which reduces Barça relief to an imaginable 20% movement.
Paul Merson of Sky Sports the day of the deadline:
“I have not noticed that this child plays, so I don’t know about him. But they want players in the center of the field. Many other people say it’s not just Rodri. It’s just Rodri.
“Rodri sees the danger, Rodri is disciplined, Rodri remains in the center, advances and sits and also protects the background, and passes the ball very quickly.
“I like Mateo Kovacic, but he will pass and drive with the ball and other people are out of position. He and Bernardo Silva have been ruined in the last 30 minutes in Arsenal.
“If you eliminate the 30 minutes and the first 20, the very intelligent city in Arsenal. It is an intelligent functionality outside.
“The challenge is that González arrives for 50 million pounds sterling, as soon as Rodri is intelligently, that’s it. I don’t think it’s playing. Unless you play them in combination and I don’t think they want it.
“This is the challenge with salaries and shopping players, which at the beginning of the next season, this guy is sitting in the bank with a lot of money. Then you look at James Mcatee with a long and bright race and will have to sell is for Clean play regulations.
Tim Sherwood of Sky Sports on the day of the deadline:
“You compare the Portuguese League with the Premier League. This is a risk, especially in January.
“What exactly are City signing Gonzalez for? Unless you’re going to bring in someone who is better than what you’ve got and will beat Real Madrid in a Champions League play-off game, other than that they’ve got nothing else to play for.
“You can’t overcome Real Madrid with the midfielder they had yesterday. They have to locate something different. But they will never be intelligent enough to do it in this movement market? Absolutely not.
“Douglas Luiz would be the non -risk because the Premier League knows, but it turns out that it will not happen. When everyone is intelligent, González will not play and send it again. “
Kevin Hatchard Europe in Sky Sports News:
“It is an absolute adjustment, you can do a very intelligent task for them. Pep Guardiola has been an admirer of him for some time, City is too.
“He has been connected with a transfer to the city since he was a young player, so he is an attractive figure that matured in Porto. He took steps forward and can be a very intelligent player. “
Statman Dave spoke on Sky Sports News:
“It adapts perfectly. He entered the Youth Academy of Barcelona and is high. It reminds me of Rodri, there is a resemblance there in terms of and its order of the ball.
“Yes, there are many paintings to do with him, but you are thinking of being a framework in the defensive midfielder, City wishes at this time. We have noticed how bad your rest for arsenalarray how many times have 3 3 been taken?
“He is a player who can enter, play Guardiola Way football and evolve. Look at the city’s window: two central defenders, one of the attackers in Omar Marmoush and a defensive midfielder,”
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