Nico González is finally approaching the 'top' level that he promised when he started at Barça

Published:26/02/2024 - 23:04h

Updated:27/02/2024 - 00:23h

Nico González has managed to earn the trust of Sérgio Conceiçao at Porto. After a difficult start to the season, the former FC Barcelona midfielder had four consecutive league games as a starter this month

The first season of Nico González in the Port wine has been much more complex of what the Galician expected. After his exit of the FC Barcelona in return of 8 million euros, the mediocentro happened of the ostracism in the first stretch of the 2023/24 to be one of the key pieces in the diagram of the technician Sérgio Conceiçao, to the one who the one of A Coruña has had to work very hard to convince of his capacities.

Nico chained five days of consecutive league out of the announcement between 11 November and on 29 November. The press lusa even especulaba with a possible exit to loan in the wintry market, but from his titularity in front of the Knickers on 14 January all has been different. The player of 22 years was in the XI in five consecutive parties in the last weeks, including the gone of eighth of Champions in front of the Arsenal.

Conceiçao Leaves clear his reasons to go back to trust Nico González

It does a pair of weeks, Conceiçao referred to González and his new leadership in the team. "The intensity is not patear to anybody. The intensity, for a midfield player, is to darse you that only with the talent, although Nico has a lot, does not suffice. Nico is in a big moment, as a lot of other players, but the Port wine does not depend of the trainer neither of any player". In this sense, desveló the one who considers has been the key so that the Galician recovered the confidence.

"Luckily, it has darse# cuenta that to play there is a balloon, 11 rivals confront and 10 mates more to his side. It has darse# cuenta of what has to do inside our principles. This is not merit of anybody, only of Nico. Always it believed, it did not go down the arms. In spite of not going in in the announcements, followed giving it all and training to the maximum each day".

The Barça, very attentive to the future of Nico González in summer

In the meantime, the Barça follows very attentive to the advances of González in the Port wine. The club needs fichar a defensive pivote in summer and the coruñés would be a good alternative 'low cost' if, by financial questions, makes impossible to go to by another footballer. The Barcelona directive reserved the repurchase of Nico by 30 millions and a percentage of a future sale, two alternatives to which the club will be very attentive in summer.