Barcelona midfielder will join Portuguese bigwigs in €10 million deal on a four-year contract

Barcelona are on the verge of closing as many as two transfers in the coming days, with Nico Gonzalez and Julian Araujo nearing exits.

The former, in particular, is close to joining Portuguese side FC Porto and if a report from SPORT is to be believed, the youngster will be sold for just under €10 million with a buy-back option.

Nico, 21, spent the previous season on loan at Valencia and the Blaugrana management has realised that considering the competition in midfield, there will be no place for him in the squad for him in the upcoming campaign.

As such, the La Liga champions have now reached an agreement to sell him to Porto with a repurchase option included.

The aforementioned outlet claims that the 21-year-old will sign a four-year deal with Porto and it has only been made possible after the player gave his okay to the transfer.

The delay from Porto’s end happened because just like Barcelona, they are having problems while complying with the Financial Fair Play implication. This is why they did not want a direct transfer.

But now that they have balanced the books, they have chosen to sign him permanently and allowed Barcelona to insert a repurchase option wherein everybody is satisfied.

The official announcement of Nico’s transfer to FC Porto can be expected in the next few hours. Meanwhile, anything related to Julian Araujo can take a significant amount of time.

As of today, while it is certain that they would leave on loan, the destination is not finalized. Las Palmas were thought to be interested but during Barça’s talks with Porto, Araujo’s name was brought up.

The team from Portugal want to sign a right-back and there was a possibility of signing Sergino Dest as well, although Porto are more interested in signing Araujo.