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Joao Cancelo en un amistoso del Manchester City

THE PORTUGUESE, CLOSER TO BARÇA

Joao Cancelo takes advantage of Barça's options for the right-back

Published:12/08/2023 - 18:50h

Updated:12/08/2023 - 22:23h

Joao Cancelo hopes to resolve his arrival at FC Barcelona in the coming days. The Barcelona team has gained salary margin with the departures of Dembélé and Kessié, being the Portuguese one of the best positioned to reinforce the right side

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Except surprise, the FC Barcelona fichará a right side before the closing of the market estival and Joao Cancel goes back to plant like the first option. The luso has the 'ok' of the technical body from beginnings of year and, si well the negotiation with the Manchester City is complex, so much the directive like the footballer trust to resolve his signing in the next days.

I cancel it does not explain for Xavi Hernández and remained out of the announcement for the debut 'sky blue' in the Premier League the Friday in front of the Burnley (triumph 'cityzen' by 0-3). However, the English group asks a minimum of 10 million euros by the cession of the defender by a season, without option of compulsory purchase and, besides, the Barça will have to assume the whole wage of the international Portuguese, which inflaría the operation to some 24 'kilos' net.

The Barça expects to go down the cost of the operation

To these heights, luce complicated that the City go down his price by Cancel, by which is very likely that the player have to access to go down the wage to be able to arrive to the Barça. Joao Has agreement until June of 2027 and this season his wage is of 14 net millions to the year, a mount very elevated for the Barcelona finances. In fact, the problems with the mass salarial have demorado the registration of all the staff for the debut in LaLiga, by which the directive prioritises to incorporate an intermediate index card.

It is as well as the names of Iván Fresneda and Juan Foyth are still in the radar culé, although in both cases is not the subject salarial but the cost of the traspasos what complicates the operations. By Fresneda, the Valladolid insists in remitting to his clásula of rescission (€20m), whereas the Argentinian will not go out of the Villarreal by less than 40 'kilos', a figure that can increase to €54m in the last week of the market estival.

The City will not block the arrival of Cancel to the Barça

Further of the rumours that circulated in January on the refusal of the City to allow the arrival of Joao Cancel to Barcelona, the managerial 'sky blue' has like priority give off of the luso, without mattering to which club go. "The reality was that we decide that it had to go out and gave us the same where went, as if it wanted to go to the United that is the ours rival", said Pep Guardiola does several weeks in this regard, ensuring that to Xavi Hernández "informed him badly" on the negotiation.