Man City complete £50m deal for Porto star Nico Gonzalez as Pep Guardiola takes January transfer splurge to £177MILLION
MANCHESTER CITY have signed Nico Gonzalez following a £50million deal with Porto on deadline day. Pep Guardiola has already splashed the cash on three first-team stars this month. PANico Gonzalez has joined Manchester City from Porto[/caption] Abdukodir Khusanov joined in a £34m move from Lens, while Brazilian teenager Vitor Reis completed a swap from Palmeiras. And forward Omar Marmoush became the club’s most expensive signing of the window when he finalised a £64m transfer from Eintracht Frankfurt. However, following City’s latest blow – which came in the form of a 5-1 defeat to Arsenal – Guardiola has pushed to complete one last deal. City reached a deal with Porto to sign Gonzalez, 23, just before the January transfer window slammed shut. The midfielder described the move to Man City as “perfect” and said he can’t wait to get started after flying to Manchester and passing his medical. Gonzalez said: “This is the perfect opportunity for me at this stage of my career. “I am 23 and I want to test myself in England. There’s no better club than Manchester City for me to do that. “Look at the squad they have here. It’s unbelievable, full of world-class players. There isn’t a footballer in the world who would not want to be part of this set-up. CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS “I know the reputation Pep has and I cannot wait to work with him. In fact, I am honoured he wants me to play in his team. “I am truly excited. I just want to meet my teammates, and the staff here and then I want to play in front of the City fans!” Gonzalez joined Porto from Barcelona in 2023 and made 68 appearances, scoring nine goals and providing nine assists along the way. Prior to his move to Portugal, he spent two years in Barca’s first team and made 37 appearances. Guardiola admitted his City players were “fragile” following their defeat to Arsenal on Sunday. He said: “The feeling is why we have not done in the last 20, 25 minutes what we had done well for the first 60. “Now we have to reflect and talk with the players and hope that it doesn’t happen again. “It can be fragile because it happens so many times. But we have a duty to learn and there are always margins to get better. “It’s happened all season, we are giving away too many things, we are aware this cannot happen, it happened.” TRANSFER NEWS LIVE: STAY UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE LATEST MOVES ON DEADLINE DAY Unlock even more award-winning articles as The Sun launches brand new membership programme – Sun Club.
MANCHESTER CITY have signed Nico Gonzalez following a £50million deal with Porto on deadline day.
Pep Guardiola has already splashed the cash on three first-team stars this month.
Abdukodir Khusanov joined in a £34m move from Lens, while Brazilian teenager Vitor Reis completed a swap from Palmeiras.
And forward Omar Marmoush became the club’s most expensive signing of the window when he finalised a £64m transfer from Eintracht Frankfurt.
However, following City’s latest blow – which came in the form of a 5-1 defeat to Arsenal – Guardiola has pushed to complete one last deal.
City reached a deal with Porto to sign Gonzalez, 23, just before the January transfer window slammed shut.
The midfielder described the move to Man City as “perfect” and said he can’t wait to get started after flying to Manchester and passing his medical.
Gonzalez said: “This is the perfect opportunity for me at this stage of my career.
“I am 23 and I want to test myself in England. There’s no better club than Manchester City for me to do that.
“Look at the squad they have here. It’s unbelievable, full of world-class players. There isn’t a footballer in the world who would not want to be part of this set-up.
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“I know the reputation Pep has and I cannot wait to work with him. In fact, I am honoured he wants me to play in his team.
“I am truly excited. I just want to meet my teammates, and the staff here and then I want to play in front of the City fans!”
Gonzalez joined Porto from Barcelona in 2023 and made 68 appearances, scoring nine goals and providing nine assists along the way.
Prior to his move to Portugal, he spent two years in Barca’s first team and made 37 appearances.
Guardiola admitted his City players were “fragile” following their defeat to Arsenal on Sunday.
He said: “The feeling is why we have not done in the last 20, 25 minutes what we had done well for the first 60.
“Now we have to reflect and talk with the players and hope that it doesn’t happen again.
“It can be fragile because it happens so many times. But we have a duty to learn and there are always margins to get better.
“It’s happened all season, we are giving away too many things, we are aware this cannot happen, it happened.”
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