The 24-year-old, a product of Barcelona\u2019s famed La Masia academy, will wear shirt number six and becomes the seventh senior addition to the squad this summer.<\/p>\n
Nico said: \u201cI\u2019m really happy to be here at this amazing club. I\u2019ve only heard top words about the club and the city, so I\u2019m really excited to live here and to be part of this project.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love the black and white shirt already and I can\u2019t wait to start wearing it on the pitch for this club.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve experienced playing at St. James\u2019 Park twice with Manchester City and it was really tough. The atmosphere was amazing and the fans are so passionate. I can\u2019t wait to experience that as a home player.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\u2018Serious quality and elite experience\u2019<\/p>\n
Newcastle United head coach, Matthias Jaissle, added: \u201cI\u2019m very happy to see Nico become a Newcastle United player. He brings serious quality and elite experience in a key area of the pitch.<\/p>\n
\u201cNico is a really strong ball carrier – somebody who can drive the team forward while staying composed under pressure. He also brings discipline defensively, he reads the game well and his physicality makes him well suited to the Premier League.<\/p>\n
\u201cNico is a proven winner who has already played at some huge clubs in Europe\u2019s top leagues, but he\u2019s also still young and hungry to develop further. He is a fantastic addition to our squad.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2018The one we wanted\u2019<\/p>\n
Newcastle United sporting director, Ross Wilson, added: \u201cWe\u2019ve worked patiently on this transfer for a number of weeks. This was the one we wanted, and we\u2019re delighted to welcome Nico to Newcastle United this evening. He was an ambitious target but following our discussions, he was so keen to join this club.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe fits the exact criteria we set for this position and we weren\u2019t prepared to compromise on that. He\u2019s 24 years old, with an abundance of elite experience across Manchester City, FC Porto and Barcelona. He\u2019s already already shown his quality in the Premier League and we\u2019re sure there is more to come here in a black and white shirt.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe he brings a range of qualities that will complement our team, and his experience across some of Europe\u2019s top competitions will only be of benefit to Newcastle United.\u201d<\/p>\n
About Nico Gonz\u00e1lez<\/p>\n
Nico joined Barcelona\u2019s youth set-up aged 11 after starting his football journey with Monta\u00f1eros in his hometown, A Coru\u00f1a.<\/p>\n
He represented Barcelona B from the age of 17 and went on to make his first-team debut on the opening day of the 2021\/22 La Liga season, replacing Sergio Busquets as a second-half substitute.<\/p>\n
Nico joined Valencia on loan the following season, before making a permanent switch to Portuguese giants FC Porto in summer 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 24-year-old, a product of Barcelona\u2019s famed La Masia academy, will wear shirt number six and becomes the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-750760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}