Barcelona will receive around €1.9 million from former player Nico González’s transfer from Manchester City to Newcastle, despite no longer holding any sell-on rights in the midfielder.
Newcastle signed the Spanish midfielder for an initial £47 million plus £3 million in add-ons, taking the potential total value of the deal to £50 million, or more than €58 million.
Barcelona’s share comes through FIFA’s solidarity mechanism, which allocates five per cent of a transfer fee to the clubs responsible for training a player between the ages of 12 and 23. Nico spent most of that period at La Masia.
Nico joined Barcelona’s academy in 2013 and progressed through the youth ranks before making his first-team debut under Ronald Koeman in 2021. He played 37 matches and scored twice before spending the 2022–23 season on loan at Valencia.
Barcelona sold him to Porto for €8.5 million in the summer of 2023, then received a further €3 million to reduce their share of the profit on a future sale. The club later collected around €10.32 million when Porto sold him to Manchester City for €60 million in February 2025.
After adding the solidarity payment generated by the Newcastle deal, Barcelona’s total income from Nico González’s various transfers rises to approximately €23.7 million.
