Barcelona midfielder’s move to Euro giants halts after good offer arrives from La Liga

Over the past few days, it appeared that Barcelona midfielder Nico Gonzalez would be on his way to FC Porto in the ongoing transfer window.

The 21-year-old was informed by Xavi Hernandez that he will have a very limited role if he stayed at the club. As such, another exit, either on loan or permanently (with a repurchase option) was being considered.

And, it seemed like Porto could be Nico’s next destination, with talks reportedly being at an advanced stage.

But, according to a fresh update from Gerard Romero, the midfielder’s transfer to the Portuguese giants has come to a halt for now after he received a good offer from a club in La Liga.

The update from Romero states that Nico had an agreement in place with Porto and everything was set for him to complete the move. But, everything is now stopped after a concrete proposal arrived from a Spanish first-division outfit.

As such, with the move to Porto now stalling, Nico is set to travel to the United States of America for Barcelona’s pre-season camp in the hope of gaining some minutes that could help him find form and increase his market value.

The 21-year-old La Masia graduate spent the last season on loan at Valencia, where he had a mixed spell that was riddled with injury problems.

Now back at Barcelona, Nico does not have a space in Xavi’s plans given the sheer number of options at the manager’s disposal.

The youngster would be behind Pedri, Gavi, Frenkie de Jong, Ilkay Gundogan, and Oriol Romeu and would hardly feature on a regular basis. As such, a loan exit makes sense for Nico and a move to Porto could have been beneficial as they offer him Champions League football.

But the operation has now stopped and for now, the Spaniard will be going on the pre-season tour with the Barcelona squad before a decision on his future is made.