‘Exactly The Type Needed’ ‘Hopefully This Fixes Some Of Our Issues’ City Fans React To £50M Deadline Day Deal

Manchester City have officially announced the signing of Porto midfielder Nico Gonzalez.

The Premier League champions have paid €60m (£50m) for the Spaniard, although the money will be given over in instalments rather than upfront.

Gonzalez did not play for Porto against Rio Ave last night and he could feature against Real Madrid next week. Fans on X are delighted that the club have addressed their problems in midfield:


Guardiola is a fan of the midfielder

Some may point to City’s 5-1 defeat to Arsenal at the weekend and claim that Gonzalez was a panic buy; a kneejerk reaction to a heavy loss.

However, manager Pep Guardiola was interested in bringing the player to the Etihad when he was at Barcelona. He was mentioned as a potential makeweight in negotiations for Ferran Torres three years ago.

Will Gonzalez solve City’s issue?

It is a lot of pressure to put on a 23-year-old who has not even been given a senior cap for Spain yet, but fans will be hoping that he can bring the energy that has been sorely lacking in the middle of the park.

Gonzalez is not an exact replica of Rodri. He can provide some protection but he does like to get forward, demonstrated by the fact that he has scored 7 goals and provided 6 goals this season. He will have to learn on the job in the Premier League and fans will be keeping their fingers crossed that he can adapt quickly.

Find out who is in Manchester City’s first-team squad for the 2024/2025 season here

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David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.