Girona working to sign Barcelona midfield prospect on loan, player has several options

According to journalist Nil Sola, Girona FC are working to convince Barcelona midfielder Nico Gonzalez on loan for the upcoming season, but the operation is due to complicated due to competition for his services.

Nico is back at Barça after spending the last season away on loan at Valencia. However, the 21-year-old starlet does not have a place in Xavi’s plans as things stand, with Ilkay Gundogan’s arrival and Oriol Romeu’s impending signing blocking a pathway for the La Masia ace.

As such, Nico is expected to be on his way out on loan this summer and has plenty of interested parties vying to secure his services for the upcoming season.

In a recent interview, the midfielder’s father, Fran Gonzalez, confirmed that there are offers from England and Spain while Portuguese giants FC Porto are also keen.

“Nico has proposals from Spain, Portugal and England, and he will have to make a decision. The most important thing is that he gets minutes,” said Fran Gonzalez.

“Porto is a great club and we have to be grateful because they value Nico, but there is still nothing about his future. We will talk in the next few days.”

As far as La Liga is concerned, clubs like Real Betis and Valencia are also keen to sign Nico while Girona have also joined in the chase now.

Barcelona will be meeting their Catalan rivals soon to finalise the transfer of Romeu. And there could be talks about Nico during that meeting, although there are no movements at this point.

For now, Girona are trying to get the go-ahead from Nico himself, with manager Michel understood to be keen on signing the 21-year-old.

However, a report from SPORT suggests that Nico could lean towards a loan move to Porto as it would see him play in the UEFA Champions League.

The midfielder is keen on playing regularly after an injury-riddled campaign on loan at Valencia last time out. And it now remains to be seen whether he chooses to stay in Spain, where he has several options or departs for Porto.