Nico Gonzalez

[Messi983]

How many years he had left on his contract?

3 years.

He renewed last year until 2026 before going on loan to Valencia.

 

[Messi983]

BREAKING: Nico González will be sold to FC Porto for just under €10m. Barcelona have inserted a buy-back option. Nico will sign a four-year deal in Portugal. @sport

Thats a lot of money for Nico

Not really, 10m is his market value acc to TM.

 

[Horatio]

3 years.

He renewed last year until 2026 before going on loan to Valencia.

Yeah, then 10 million nothing special.

 

[Porque]

It's OK money. He still has a bit of potential, but in 2 seasons since he debut for Koeman for example, he has regressed in his standing at both Barcelona and Spain U21. The first one you could expect, but the latter given Spains lack of midfield talent is a bit of a shit really.

A reckon Xavi could have done a bit more though considering we have 4 mids, the overall level of LaLiga is poor and that guys like Bob (admittedly some at RB) get 1500 minutes.

Hope he remains uninjured and gets back on track. The irony of going to Portugal is that the league sucks compared to Spain, yet the market valuations if you play well are higher. So he could actually play a decent season there and have a higher perception and value than a decent season in LaLiga.

 

[iniestaGOAT]

Not really, 10m is his market value acc to TM.

TM does not mean anything.

10m is a lot of money for Nico. Any other day he would have left for free with future sale percentzge.

 

[soul24rage]

At least we inserted a buy back clause so that's good.

Wish you the very best Nico

 

[Saladin]

You just know that if a portuguese team comes knocking, willing to place 10 mil. euro for a prospect, they've seen the light somehow - the buyback is crucial.

 

[vegitot]

RIP Pedri - Nico - Gavi trio dream😭

 

[Messi983]

He's in Porto, hope transfer will be confirmed soon. We need to start offloading players.

 

[te amo barca]

He'll be back. I have confidence in his ability

 

[Barcaman]

Must be hard watching Kessie here while knowing you're better and home-grown.

It is what it is.

 

[Horatio]

He looks lean.

 

[mc_lovin]

Must be hard watching Kessie here while knowing you're better and home-grown.

It is what it is.

Not like Kessie will play a huge part for us (if he even stays).

 

[DonAK]

No shame in leaving and returning later. Some players just need extra time and consistent minutes to get to that level. Won't be surprised if we activate that buyback clause within two years.

 

[Messi983]

Must be hard watching Kessie here while knowing you're better and home-grown.

It is what it is.

Kessie will leave too so don't get your point. Also Nico wouldn't directly compete for minutes with him. Pretty sure Xavi sees his best position in the FDJ role (he even said something like that) so it's clear he wouldn't play there as Frenkie is almost always available. Kessie plays further up the field and if he stays will compete with Gavi, Gundo and Pedri (although I see Pedri or Gundo also playing deeper alongside FDJ in some games).

But I actually give Nico props for wanting to leave, play regularly and prove himself in a good CL level team and potentially return as a better player ready for first team minutes in a year or two.

Shows he's ambitious and confident in his abilities. Unlike guys like Mavericky who was just happy to root on our bench until he was 22 and even then didn't want to leave, lol. Nico was the one who pushed to go on loan to Valencia last year (Xavi wanted to keep him) and he did well there, just got unlucky with injury or he could develop even better.