Nico Gonzalez joining Manchester City from Porto was a bittersweet moment for Barcelona fans. On the one hand, it meant Barca received an unexpected fee of around €21million ($22m; £18m at ...

Manchester City are set to sign Porto midfielder Nico Gonzalez in a bombshell deadline ... the Spaniard back when he was a youth player for Barcelona and have been keeping tabs on him ever since.

He and Txiki Begiristain, another with Barcelona in his blood, sought to bring him to City. They only belatedly succeeded, years later, at a cost that touches on £50m. Not signing Nico Gonzalez ...

Pep Guardiola called Manchester City's £50m signing Nico Gonzalez a mini version of Rodri ... City have tried to sign him in the past from Barcelona's academy but were unsuccessful.

Fifty-nine minutes vanished without Nico Gonzalez once losing possession ... funny how football links things like that. Gonzalez, a product of Barcelona's La Masia and whom Guardiola knew about ...

Manchester City star Nico Gonzalez insists he is not a like-for ... "But I was raised in Barcelona and I've always more or less played the way we play here, so I've got used to playing here ...

He ticks a lot of boxes for Pep Guardiola as a graduate of Barcelona's famed La Masia ... starts in defence alongside John Stones, Nico Gonzalez returns from injury to start in midfield and ...

He added: “I was raised in Barcelona and I’ve always more or ... s easier to play here than the team I used to play.” Nico Gonzalez has largely impressed so far for City (Getty Images ...

Nico Gonzalez has insisted that he does not see himself as a direct comparative to Manchester City’s Rodri, speaking during a ...

Pep Guardiola was a long-time admirer of Nico Gonzalez but a late, deadline day move for the midfielder is filling a hole in the Man City side ...