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The Nico Gonzalez switch deal from FC Porto to Manchester Metropolis has taken a complicated flip for Barcelona.
Initially, the membership was set to obtain 40% of the revenue from his switch, which was anticipated to quantity to €20.64 million. This determine was based mostly on Manchester Metropolis triggering his €60 million launch clause.
Nevertheless, Porto, the membership that had beforehand purchased half of the capital good points on Nico’s switch rights, introduced a major change within the deal.
As an alternative of the anticipated €20.64 million, Barcelona will now obtain simply over €13 million. It is because, in response to Mundo Deportivo, Porto had already bought 50% of the revenue for €3 million.
What is going on?
Porto made this adjustment public with an official assertion. They confirmed that that they had exercised an choice to purchase 20% of the capital good points from Barcelona for €3 million, which implies Barcelona’s share has been decreased to simply 20%.
Nico Gonzalez is now a Manchester Metropolis participant. (Picture by Octavio Passos/Getty Photographs)
Moreover, Porto cancelled Barcelona’s buy-back choice on Nico, which was valued at €30 million and will have been exercised till June 30, 2025.
Breaking it down, Barcelona will now obtain 20% of the capital good points from Manchester Metropolis’s €60 million switch price, which quantities to €10.32 million.
The remaining €3 million comes from the deal the place Porto bought half of Barcelona’s unique share of the capital good points. So, in whole, Barcelona will earn €13.32 million from Nico’s switch to Manchester Metropolis.
Once you add the €8.5 million that Porto paid Barcelona for Nico again in the summertime of 2023, the full quantity Barcelona will obtain from the 2 transfers involves €21.82 million.
That is the ultimate sum that may go into Barcelona’s coffers following the sophisticated journey of Nico Gonzalez’s transfers.
