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carolina-blue wrote:Official Hope he can put a finger in the Dam

Ooh err, fnaar, fnaar !!

Manchester City have signed Porto midfielder Nico Gonzalez for 60m euros (£50m).
Gonzalez is Manchester City's fifth signing of the winter transfer window and has penned a four-and-a-half-year contract.
City have paid £180m in transfer fees during this window, making it the second-highest spend by a club worldwide during the winter window after Chelsea, who spent £274m in 2023, according to Transfermarkt, external.
The 23-year-old Spaniard began his senior career with Barcelona in 2009 and joined Porto in July 2023.
Gonzalez has scored nine goals and laid on nine assists in 68 appearances for Porto and won the Portuguese Cup last season.
"This is the perfect opportunity for me at this stage of my career," Gonzalez said.
"I am 23 and I want to test myself in England. There's no better club than Manchester City for me to do that.
"Look at the squad they have here… it's unbelievable, full of world-class players. There isn't a footballer in the world who would not want to be part of this set-up."
City sit fifth in the Premier League, 15 points adrift of leaders Liverpool, following Sunday's 5-1 defeat at Arsenal.
They have been without Ballon d'Or winner Rodri in midfield since he suffered a major knee injury in September.
On Thursday, Gonzalez scored in a 1-0 win against Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa League to help Porto through to the knockout phase play-offs.
"I know the reputation Pep [Guardiola] has and I cannot wait to work with him. In fact, I am honoured he wants me to play in his team," Gonzalez added.
City have already signed Egypt forward Omar Marmoush, Brazilian defender Vitor Reis, Uzbekistan defender Abdukodir Khusanov and Sierra Leonean defender Juma Bah, who has since been loaned out to Lens.
More to follow.

Welcome Nico Not sure why we had to wait the entire window for you but you're here now. My Galician wife is very excited about this deal. I see his old man was part of the mighty Depor team that caused a stir in the noughties and his uncle too so he comes from good stock. Straight in against Orient let's see what you've got

Looks good, wish him all the best.
Looks like he can provide a bit of much needed energy and legs in the middle.
Presumably debut at the weekend.

salford city wrote:Welcome Nico Not sure why we had to wait the entire window for you but you're here now. My Galician wife is very excited about this deal. I see his old man was part of the mighty Depor team that caused a stir in the noughties and his uncle too so he comes from good stock. Straight in against Orient let's see what you've got

Nice bit of info that. Apparently his dad also worked for City under Pep, not sure in what capacity.

The signing we've all been waiting for.
Hope it secures us top 4.

We didn’t get Cambiaso but we couldn’t expect all the problems to be solved in one window. Marmoush and Nico can hopefully make an impact this season. Both will surely be in the CL squad to be announced this week and therefore eligible to play against Madrid next week.

blues2win wrote:We didn’t get Cambiaso but we couldn’t expect all the problems to be solved in one window. Marmoush and Nico can hopefully make an impact this season. Both will surely be in the CL squad to be announced this week and therefore eligible to play against Madrid next week.

We’ve got players in. I guess we’ll only know if it’s been a good window once we see how their City careers turn out.

This nonsense on the BBC - “Rate your clubs window”

How? The players haven’t played yet!

Marmoush already looks good although it would help if his teammates spotted his excellent runs.

blues2win wrote:Marmoush already looks good although it would help if his teammates spotted his excellent runs.

Probably going to take a little time for them all to get used to each other, gladly no midweek game this week so good time on the training ground to gain a bit of understanding and cohesion.

sheblue wrote:

blues2win wrote:Marmoush already looks good although it would help if his teammates spotted his excellent runs.

Probably going to take a little time for them all to get used to each other, gladly no midweek game this week so good time on the training ground to gain a bit of understanding and cohesion.

So that's Nico right back, Marmoush left back, Gundo DM, Akanji up front.

If it doesn't work out, we'll buy another 30 defenders for 300m

Number 14 and looks like he’s going to have Nico on the back of his shirt.

Mase wrote:Number 14 and looks like he’s going to have Nico on the back of his shirt.

The fucking lemon. Put your surname on kid, dead easy. Javi Garcia, he drinks sangria.... i know nico drinks estrella galicia but last man to wear 14 and all that

salford city wrote:

Mase wrote:Number 14 and looks like he’s going to have Nico on the back of his shirt.

The fucking lemon. Put your surname on kid, dead easy. Javi Garcia, he drinks sangria.... i know nico drinks estrella galicia but last man to wear 14 and all that

Laporte was the last man to wear 14

ayrshireblue wrote:

salford city wrote:

Mase wrote:Number 14 and looks like he’s going to have Nico on the back of his shirt.

The fucking lemon. Put your surname on kid, dead easy. Javi Garcia, he drinks sangria.... i know nico drinks estrella galicia but last man to wear 14 and all that

Laporte was the last man to wear 14

he is a player who we could have done with these past 5 months....

Nigels Tackle wrote:

ayrshireblue wrote:

salford city wrote:

Mase wrote:Number 14 and looks like he’s going to have Nico on the back of his shirt.

The fucking lemon. Put your surname on kid, dead easy. Javi Garcia, he drinks sangria.... i know nico drinks estrella galicia but last man to wear 14 and all that

Laporte was the last man to wear 14

he is a player who we could have done with these past 5 months....

Otamendi is still captaining Benfica and playing for Argentina. He’s better than anything we have fit at the moment.

Nigels Tackle wrote:

ayrshireblue wrote:

salford city wrote:

Mase wrote:Number 14 and looks like he’s going to have Nico on the back of his shirt.

The fucking lemon. Put your surname on kid, dead easy. Javi Garcia, he drinks sangria.... i know nico drinks estrella galicia but last man to wear 14 and all that

Laporte was the last man to wear 14

he is a player who we could have done with these past 5 months....

Letting Laporte go was a big error

nottsblue wrote:

Nigels Tackle wrote:

ayrshireblue wrote:

salford city wrote:

Mase wrote:Number 14 and looks like he’s going to have Nico on the back of his shirt.

The fucking lemon. Put your surname on kid, dead easy. Javi Garcia, he drinks sangria.... i know nico drinks estrella galicia but last man to wear 14 and all that

Laporte was the last man to wear 14

he is a player who we could have done with these past 5 months....

Letting Laporte go was a big error

Especially after proving himself by playing through the pain barrier for the last few games of that season.
Wouldn’t get Stones or Dias doing that!