Will he return to Barça? Nico Gonzalez finally exploits his football at Porto

Published:1/03/2024 - 20:56h

Updated:2/03/2024 - 16:45h

Although he is still far from being a main option for Deco and Joan Laporta, the reality is that Nico Gonzalez continues to add stripes to be Barça's next midfielder, especially if he fits into what the next coach is looking for

Nico González finally has attained 'explode' in the Port wine after a slow beginning with the team of Sergio Conceiçao after his signing of pertinent summer of the FC Barcelona. The midfield player opted for leaving in summer, in search of minutes of game, and the Barcelona team sold him by 8,5 million euros, but remained with a percentage of any future transfer and a clause of repurchase.

Nico had been signalled during his final stage in the Masia like a possible successor of Sergio Busquets, but a variety of circumstances did that it never had the opportunity. In fact, Xavi Hernández said that it saw to Nico like a more offensive "player" that Busquets, quoting to Frenkie of Jong like example, and left it leave before fichar to Oriol Romeu of the Girona.

The Barça could solve his problem in the pivote with another canterano

Now that the signing of Romeu simply has not worked, and with Andreas Christensen playing now in the centre of the field, nor luce too complicated that Romeu went back to the Girona at the end of the season. This leaves to the Barça still looking for a pivote and with very little money to spend in the market of signings, as they are the things.

This puts to Nico, of 22 years, like a possibility for the Catalan club, especially now that it is settling in the Port wine, being headline in five of his last six parties, and calling the attention of many in the victory of the Portuguese team on the Arsenal in the League of Champions. Even the own Port wine elogió to his "Teacher" after the victory in the party of gone of his eliminatory of eighth of final (1-0).

The possible price of Nico, a big problem for his return

The greater problem for the player, and for the own Barça, is that the informations the past summer signalled that the option of repurchase would be fixed in some 30 million euros for this next summer, what means that it still could be difficult to negotiate, even if the group culé decides that it wants to give him another opportunity to Nico.