Cash-strapped Barcelona ‘lose out on MILLIONS with contract blunder’ after Nico Gonzalez’s £50m transfer to Man City

CASH-STRAPPED Barcelona reportedly mislaid retired connected MILLIONS from Nico Gonzalez’s £50million Manchester City power owed to a declaration blunder.

The Spanish midfielder, 23, completed a stunning deadline time determination to the Etihad from Porto.

Before joining the Portuguese broadside successful 2023, Gonzalez came done the ranks astatine Barcelona’s La Masia academy.

He made 37 appearances earlier being sold for £7million to Porto arsenic Barca looked to combat their dire fiscal situation.

However, the Catalans made definite to see a clause that entitled them to 40 per cent of his adjacent fee.

Despite that, ESPN claims Barcelona volition present person conscionable 20 per cent of Gonzalez’s £50m.

That’s due to the fact that earlier selling him to City, Porto snapped up fractional of Barcelona’s clause for lone £2.5m.

It means alternatively of receiving £20m arsenic portion of Gonzalez’s determination to City, Barca person banked conscionable £10m.

Including Porto’s cheeky clause cash-in, it makes for a expansive full of £12.5m — £7.5m little than the Spaniards were expecting to rake in.

Club chiefs are definite to beryllium adjacent much furious arsenic their deficiency of wealth saw them perchance miss retired connected an adjacent greater figure.

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Barcelona made definite to besides see a buy-back clause, worthy £25m, successful Gonzalez’s Porto determination 18 months ago.

They could person — successful mentation — re-signed him for that fig earlier flogging him to City for £50m — making for a chill £25m profit.

But Porto’s earlier determination to wage £2.5m for Gonzalez’s sell-on clause saw that enactment besides go invalid.

After joining City, the playmaker said: “This is the cleanable accidental for maine astatine this signifier of my career. I americium 23 and I privation to trial myself successful England. There’s nary amended nine than Manchester City for maine to bash that.

"Look astatine the squad they person present … it’s unbelievable, afloat of world‑class players. There isn’t a footballer successful the satellite who would not privation to beryllium portion of this setup.

“I cognize the estimation Pep has and I cannot hold to enactment with him. In fact, I americium honoured helium wants maine to play successful his team. I americium genuinely excited. I conscionable privation to conscionable my teammates, and the unit present and past I privation to play successful beforehand of the City fans.”

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