New Manchester City midfielder Nico Gonzalez says it was "so easy" to join the club as working with Pep Guardiola can help him reach his "full potential". The 23-year-old was a £50m arrival from Porto on transfer deadline day and became City's fourth signing of the January window.

Manchester City have secured the signing of midfielder Nico Gonzalez from Porto for a fee of €60 million (£49.9m/$62.1m). Gonzalez has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract and is City’s fourth signing of the window following the arrivals of Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis.

Manchester City are closing in on the signing of Porto midfielder Nico Gonzalez before Monday's transfer deadline with a view to boosting Pep Guardiola's faltering midfield. Gonzalez has a release clause in his contract understood to be worth $61.