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Gonzalez had a close relationship with Rodri and long humbly recognised that only a select number of players can start in his position at clubs bidding to challenge for the biggest honours.
Rodri was that man at Manchester City under Guardiola and, following the midfielder’s move to Barcelona, new manager Enzo Maresca has signed Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille, having already brought in Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest.
The
Newcastle have signed Nico Gonzalez from Man City.
The deal for the 24-year-old midfielder is set to reach £50m after add-ons. He will wear the No 6 shirt at St James’ Park.
The midfielder said his goodbyes to his City team-mates on Tuesday morning before travelling to Newcastle and completed a medical on Wednesday, before he was presented to the club’s fans ahead of their Carabao Cup clash with West
Although Newcastle‘s young side came within seconds of defeating Liverpool on the opening weekend, there was always going to be work to do before the window shut on 1 September.
Newcastle have made six signings so far this summer in goalkeepers Lukas Hornicek and Ewen Jaouen, defender Amar Dedic, midfielders Aladji Bamba and Sean Steur and forward Bazoumana Toure.
But Jaissle made it clear that “adjustments need to be
Guardiola has said this campaign has not been good enough for his side, relinquishing their four-year hold on the Premier League trophy, being knocked out early from the Champions League and shocked by Palace at Wembley.
Few would have predicted at the start of the season that City would not only fail to claim any major silverware but also struggle to finish in the Champions League places.
But the three
“Without Rodri, and before Gonzalez signed, Lewis was coming into midfield too early, and getting stuck in those central areas. Against Newcastle, however, he had Gonzalez behind him and it allowed him to get forward quicker, and give City more options out wide on the right.
“On top of that, Gonzalez helped Lewis defensively too, although City’s dominance against Newcastle meant this was not as easy to spot.
“Lewis is
Manchester City are keen on signing Porto midfielder Nico Gonzalez.
Sources in Portugal say City have already had a bid turned down for the 23-year-old former Barcelona player.
Reports suggest the bid was about 50m euros (£42m).
City have already signed three players during the current transfer window – Egypt forward Omar Marmoush, Brazilian defender Vitor Reis and Uzbekistan defender Abdukodir Khusanov, at a total cost of over
