Barcelona satisfied with the ‘bonus’ received from former midfielder’s transfer – report | OneFootball

One of the major deals towards the end of the winter window was the transfer of Nico Gonzalez to Manchester City, which also had implications for FC Barcelona.

Nico, a Barça academy product left for Porto in 2023, with the Blaugrana retaining a 40% future sell-on clause for him.

The 23-year-old midfielder ended up leaving Porto for €60 million (the value of his release clause) on the deadline day, which meant a substantial income for Barcelona.

Barcelona satisfied with the operation

Now Mundo Deportivo reports that Barcelona are more than happy and satisfied by the ‘bonus’ that they received from Nico Gonzalez’s transfer from Porto to Manchester City.

Initially, it was believed that Barcelona were entitled to 40% of the €60 million transfer fee, amounting up to €24 million.

Nico left Porto to join Man City. (Photo by Octavio Passos/Getty Images)

However, Porto later announced that the Blaugrana would only receive just over €13 million.

It was because before accepting Manchester City’s offer, the Portuguese team paid €3 million to reduce Barça’s share of the capital gain by half, to 20%.

In total, including Nico’s initial move to Porto, who paid Barcelona €8.5 million in the summer of 2023, the academy product contributed a total of €21.82 million to Barcelona’s coffers.

Despite the fact that the final amount was less than initially expected, Barcelona highly valued the operation and are satisfied with the deal.

Furthermore, Barcelona are also planning to replicate this pattern in future operations.

Rather than focusing on loans, where there is a risk of a player’s value decreasing, the priority will be on transferring young players to selling teams like Porto or their other Portuguese rivals, while securing a percentage of a future sale and a buy-back option.