Barcelona ‘left to rue embarrassing Nico Gonzalez contract mistake’… as star’s £50m deadline day move to Man City from Porto costs them MILLIONS

  • Porto’s application of the specific clause in Gonzalez’s contract costs Barca Millions
  • The Calatan Giants had the buy-back option for £ 25 million, but they did not use it
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Barcelona reportedly made a mistake in Nico Gonzalez’s contract with Porto, which allowed the player to come to Manchester City on Monday from the Portuguese club.

When Gonzalez first made the switch from the Catalan giants, it was stipulated in his contract with Porto that they would keep 40 percent of the future transfer costs of the Spaniard.

In addition, the Blaugrana had also obtained a back-back option in the Gonzalez deal in July 2023 for a fixed fee of £ 25 million (€ 30 million).

According to ESPNThe move from the midfielder to Manchester City has emphasized the club’s fault, because the Catalans could have activated the Back-Back opportunity to sell the player to MAN City for £ 50.2 million.

Instead, Barca did not make the opportunity to sign the Spaniard again, while Porto paid £ 2.5 million (€ 3 million) to apply a clause that would reduce Barcelona’s won to 20 percent.

“The club has exercised an option in advance to buy 20 percent of the capital profits of a transfer for a value of € 3 million,” Porto explained in the explanation of a club on their website.

Barcelona’s contractual misstep for Nico Gonzalez has come to light after his move to Man City

The Spaniard completed his signing with the reigning Premier League winners on Monday

The Spaniard completed his signing with the reigning Premier League winners on Monday

However, the Catalans had the opportunity to return Gonzalez for £ 25 million and later sell him to Man City

However, the Catalans had the opportunity to return Gonzalez for £ 25 million and later sell him to Man City

Porto’s 20 percent purchase and the relocation from Nico to the citizens has also canceled the back-back option of Barca, which was underlined in the player’s contract.

It is understood that the Catalans have made £ 11 million (€ 13.32 million) of the transfer from the player to Manchester, instead of £ 25 million they could have had if they would buy the player again.

Gonzalez became the fourth signing of the winter transfer of winter after Abdukodir Khusanov, Vitor Reis and Omar Marmoush.

He signed a contract of four and a half years with the Cityzens and wears number 14.

The 23-year-old Spain International started his career in Barcelona in 2021 and played in 37 games, scored two goals and delivered two assists during his first campaign.

Looking for more playing time, however, he moved to Porto, where he won Taça de Portugal last year.

Gonzalez said to the club’s website: ‘This is the perfect opportunity for me in this phase of my career.

“I am 23 and I want to test myself in England. There is no better club than Manchester City for me to do that.

“There is no football player in the world who would not want to be part of this setup.”


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