Manchester City's new midfield signing Nico Gonzalez will help them plug the gap caused by the absence of injured key player Rodri, manager Pep Guardiola said on Friday.

Pep Guardiola says Nico Gonzalez can be a very important signing for Manchester City after completing a deadline day move from Porto.The 23-year-old former Barcelona midfielder made a £50m to the

Manchester City will almost certainly sign another midfielder in the summer despite completing a deadline day deal for Porto star Nico Gonzalez.

In conversation with Nico Gonzalezs former coach at Barcelona, Adam Bate examines what the £50m signing from Porto can bring to Pep Guardiolas Manchester City. Long compared to Sergio Busquets, now it will be Rodri,

Manchester City has taken its spending in the winter transfer window to more than $200 million by signing midfielder Nico Gonzalez from Porto to help cover for the absence of injured Rodri.

Manchester City have secured the signing of midfielder Nico Gonzalez from Porto for a fee of €60 million (£49.9m/$62.1m). Gonzalez has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract and is City’s fourth signing of the window following the arrivals of Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis.

TBR Football's Graeme Bailey exclusively confirms how Pep Guardiola convinced the Manchester City board to sign Nico Gonzalez.