Nico Gonzalez did not hesitate to find himself Valencia CF the playing minutes missing in FC Barcelona. The 20-year-old midfielder, who is on loan from the Barça club to Che until the end of the season without the option to buy, is clear that to progress in his evolution he needs to play regularly in the elite and choose a club with Valencia’s historic request to continue that process. He made that move after extending his contract as a culé until 2026, showing the self-confidence he has to fulfill his dream: to succeed at Barça. One of his coaches in Barça youth football, Francisco Javier Garcia Pepperhe assured The Stringer of the SER Chain that in his opinion Nico is the ideal candidate to be the heir Sergio Busquets in the middle of the Barça field. “He meets all the requirements, he is the perfect player, it is ideal to play for Barça”, analysis of the former coach of Barça B today on the bench of UD Las Palmashead of LaLiga SmartBank.
García Pimienta recalled how Nico adapted to his playing pattern in tandem with Barça’s subsidiary and underlined the confidence he has in his evolution. “I have a lot, a lot of faith in Nico,” he said. “He went to Barça B with me when he was in his last year of youth and I verified that he understood the position in the pivot game.” “Last season, Nico was on the sidelines Sergio Busquets and, from my point of view, he meets all the requirements, he is the perfect player, ideal to play for Barça, although this does not mean that his game is specifically for Barcelona”.
At the moment, at Mestalla, under the command of the Italian coach Gennaro GattusoNico has participated in six league games, two of them as a starter, contributing one goal so far.
In recent statements on VCRadio, after playing as a midfielder and inside midfielder at Valencia CF, Nico pointed out that “in the lower categories 90% of the time I played as a pivot”. “I’m more used to it and I’m always pulling towards that position, but last year I played all the internal games. scope of his duties. In fact, he’s even familiar with Gattuso’s plan.” In the Barça school, they teach us from a young age that the most effective thing is to do the simple, to play one or two quick touches; that’s also Gattuso’s idea, to play fast and in this way we facilitate the work of the wingers, who have more space and time to face”, he remembered in the demonstrations he did before the national team break.
Source: La Verdad
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