Newcastle have signed Nico Gonzalez from Man Metropolis.
The deal for the 24-year-old midfielder is ready to succeed in £50m after add-ons. He’ll put on the No 6 shirt at St James’ Park.
The midfielder mentioned his goodbyes to his Metropolis team-mates on Tuesday morning earlier than travelling to Newcastle and accomplished a medical on Wednesday, earlier than he was introduced to the membership’s followers forward of their Carabao Cup conflict with West Brom.
The Spaniard has change into Matthias Jaissle’s second signing as Magpies head coach after Amar Dedic joined final week.
Former Spain U21 worldwide Gonzalez joined Metropolis from Porto in February 2025 and performed 59 occasions for the membership, scoring 4 objectives.
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Nico Gonzalez was noticed in Newcastle forward of his medical on Wednesday
‘He is the one we wished’
Newcastle sporting director Ross Wilson mentioned Gonzalez had been the Magpies’ major goal, in a summer season the place they’ve misplaced Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali to Arsenal and Tottenham, given his expertise already with Barcelona, Porto and within the Premier League with Manchester Metropolis.
He mentioned: “We have labored patiently on this switch for various weeks. This was the one we wished, and we’re delighted to welcome Nico to Newcastle United this night. He was an bold goal however following our discussions, he was so eager to affix this membership.
“He matches the precise standards we set for this place and we weren’t ready to compromise on that. He is 24 years outdated, with an abundance of elite expertise throughout Manchester Metropolis, FC Porto and Barcelona. He is already already proven his high quality within the Premier League and we’re certain there may be extra to return right here in a black and white shirt.”
Newcastle’s key summer season enterprise
In
Bazoumana Toure – Hoffenheim, £42m
Aladji Bamba – Monaco, £35.5m
Amar Dedic – Benfica, £29.5m
Lukas Hornicek – Braga, £25.7m
Sean Steur – Ajax, £23m
Ewen Jaouen – Reims, £18.5m
Nico Gonzalez – Man Metropolis, £50m
Out
Sandro Tonali – Tottenham, £100m
Bruno Guimaraes – Arsenal, £75m
Anthony Gordon – Barcelona, £69.3m
Matt Targett – Hull, free
Kieran Trippier – Wolves, free
Odysseas Vlachodimos – Sevilla, mortgage
Emil Krafth – launched
John Ruddy – launched