Nico hit a Porto low: fourth game in a row without being called up

Porto host Leixoes this Saturday night (9:30 pm) in the Portuguese League Cup without the former Barcelona player Nico Gonzalezwhich is again left in the call for Sergio Conceição like the Murcian striker Tony Martinez.

It will be the fourth game in a row that the Galician midfielder will have to watch from the stands or from his home as he has not been on a list since December 6, when the Porto lost 3-1 in Estoril as well as the League Cup. He then took the field in the 63rd minute with the score at 1-1, before the home team scored in the 91st minute and in the 95th minute without any negative impact. Nico in the same play. Later he was not called to the Champions League in victory against Shakhtar Donetsk (5-3) or in the league in victories against Pia’s house (3-1) and in the loss against Sports (2-0).

Nico, who has played 14 games for Porto in all competitions, but only 5 as a starter (4 in the league and one in the Cup), maintains his dream of succeeding at Porto and understands that he is experiencing an adaptation process to another the football. Sergio Conceiçao is a very demanding coach who tends to be more demanding with young newcomers so that they know the line to follow. An example is David Carmoa 24-year-old center back who started playing in the reserve team because of a disciplinary problem.

He signed in the summer for five seasons, until 2028 and on January 3 he will turn 22 years old. The Portuguese club paid 8.5 million to Barça, which reserved 40 percent of a future sale of the player and a repurchase of 30 million euros. The player does not seem to want a change of scenery, but in the Portuguese press they do not rule out an exit in the form of a loan in the winter market. There are offers for this.

The aforementioned forward Tony Martinez Yes, it is closer to the winter market release. O Jogo published that it has offers from Fiorentina, Unión Berlin and several Spanish clubs that are receptive.