• Midfielder brought in for £49.8m after Rodri’s injury
• 23-year-old seals deal in final hour before deadline

Manchester City signed Nico González from Porto for €60m (£49.8m) inside the final hour of Monday’s 11pm transfer deadline, with the champions’ fourth major signing of the winter window taking their spending to £172.3m.

The fee for the 23-year-old represents the former Barcelona player’s release clause. City were reluctant to pay the full amount but it is thought the club structured the transfer to source the fee over several instalments, with the Spanish midfielder signing a four-and-a-half-year contract at the Etihad.