14 | Nico Gonzalez - 2025/26

[come-on-barney]

Was very slow today.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

The quick Villa breaks just highlighted how slow he is.

 

[Dazzle84]

He is slow with mobility but also slow in thought, seems to take him an age sometimes to work out his next pass

This is the kicker and what will ultimately do for him

 

[bert38]

its very hard to judge anyone on today's performance-but its just too many touches every time..

 

[Ajm1985]

Was meh today. But who expects anything more than meh when he hasn't been included in matchday squads. He'll leave regardless

 

[Saddleworth2]

I thought he was awful today. Notwithstanding that the game had nothing riding on it surely to fuck you have your own personal performance standards. Our central midfield was wide open in the second half. He looked the happiest man in the ground immediately after the match. Don’t think he and a few others get what it is to be part of an elite squad. Maresca should be brutal when he comes in. Sounds harsh. It probably is. Hard day.

 

[WallyA]

Probably won't be here next season which is a shame but understandable.

On the whole 6 vs 8 thing, I actually think Pep was right and I had said this before Nico G kicked a ball for us.

He does not have the grace, agility, movement to play as an 8 between the lines like we have seen David, Bernie or Gundogan do for us.

In a possession based side, being a 6 is his best chance at the top level.

He is still young and can improve, but I think it won't be with us.

 

[woody1968]

Got to go - nowhere near good enough today and he was playing v second string players who’d been on the pop.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Probably won't be here next season which is a shame but understandable.

On the whole 6 vs 8 thing, I actually think Pep was right and I had said this before Nico G kicked a ball for us.

He does not have the grace, agility, movement to play as an 8 between the lines like we have seen David, Bernie or Gundogan do for us.

In a possession based side, being a 6 is his best chance at the top level.

He is still young and can improve, but I think it won't be with us.

Tbh I don’t see it as a shame if he’s not here next season. He just isn’t anywhere near good enough.

 

[Project1]

Feel for the lad. He will never be Rodri and must be difficult to get anywhere near that level. Currently as a footballer I would have him on par with Steven Hawkins if he was alive.

 

[jprkas]

Tbh I don’t see it as a shame if he’s not here next season. He just isn’t anywhere near good enough.

Never get anywhere near the money we wasted on him, a loan with a ?? to buy methinks.

 

[Tevez City]

I hope he stays

 

[dhruvblue]

another £60m down the drain ?

 

[Gabriel]

Watched the video of Gonzalez and Rodri eating together and chatting about their relative experiences. Lad still looked and sounded a tad overwhelmed, but he also struck me as someone who is staying and is expecting to develop. Rodri made an interesting observation about how the 6 under Guardiola has to be capable of playing 8 and even 10 as well, given how far back we press teams, so I think it would be unwise to discard Gonzalez so soon.

 

[handsofstone]

another £60m down the drain ?

Dont be like those on twitter and purposefully get fees wrong

He was £50m, and he contributed to us getting champions league last year and cup finals this year

Hes started around half of the available games in the league and most of the league Cup games

If we sell him, we'll probably recoup most of our outlay on him and his current book value is £33mil so likely make a "profit" off him on the books

Its not working out but lets not overdramatise it, get enough of that from other fanbases

Nunes was £53m towards the drain untill he turned it around and became our starting RB and one of the best in Europe

 

[meeesh]

Never been up to the quality required here these days since the minute he walked in the door, could tell almost immediately.

Pep did sign a few duds during his time, this was deffo one of them.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Watched the video of Gonzalez and Rodri eating together and chatting about their relative experiences. Lad still looked and sounded a tad overwhelmed, but he also struck me as someone who is staying and is expecting to develop. Rodri made an interesting observation about how the 6 under Guardiola has to be capable of playing 8 and even 10 as well, given how far back we press teams, so I think it would be unwise to discard Gonzalez so soon.

Everyone will have a clean slate under a new manager to force their way into his thinking. You’ve got the likes of Gonzales, Marmoush. Reinjdeers, Ait Nouri that weren’t starting under Pep. Maresca may see something different in some of these players and they may respond differently with a new voice in the dressing room.

A lot of work to hit the ground running in preseason for the new manager to see who’s with him and wants to run through walls and who isn’t and needs shipping out.

 

[blueparrot]

another £60m down the drain ?

Why ?if he goes do you think it will be on a free?

 

[Gabriel]

Everyone will have a clean slate under a new manager to force their way into his thinking. You’ve got the likes of Gonzales, Marmoush. Reinjdeers, Ait Nouri that weren’t starting under Pep. Maresca may see something different in some of these players and they may respond differently with a new voice in the dressing room.

A lot of work to hit the ground running in preseason for the new manager to see who’s with him and wants to run through walls and who isn’t and needs shipping out.

I think the current squad has been assembled with the transition in mind. Maresca apparently does a great deal of painstaking research, watching endless tape and learning everything he can about players, so if he is the anointed one, then he will come having done a solid 6 months of homework.

 

[Sam69]

another £60m down the drain ?

Phillips, Nunes, and Nico Gonzalez cost approximately £150 million, but none of them managed to establish themselves in our midfield.

Sometimes it's better to invest £100 million in a sure thing that will guarantee quality for years to come; it's more cost-effective.