Just when Laporta thought he had free rein to sign the Portuguese full-back at a reasonable price, a heavyweight rival in both the sporting and commercial spheres emerged, ready to take the former Benfica man.
Winger Joao Cancelo’s numbers at FC Barcelona are incredible and that shows how important he is to Xavi Hernández. This is confirmed by Joan Laporta and Deco, who were already in the process of drawing up a plan to end their passport in their pockets. Remember that the Portuguese star is still owned by Manchester City and is on loan at Club Culé until June 30, 2024.
With everything that Joao Cancelo has shown at Barcelona, the president, the sports director and the coach obviously want him to stay in the Barça squad longer. Especially for the Egarense coach, who sees him as a key element not only in his defensive plan but also in his overall plan. In addition, we are talking about a winger who also scores a lot of goals.
Arsenal threatens FC Barcelona’s plans for Joao Cancelo
Close sources await various moves in the Premier League, They have suggested that Arsenal have called the Citizens club to negotiate the right-back’s transfer. And when we say “negotiating” it means that they already have a basic offer that goes beyond what they have so far in the Barça offices.
The last thing known about the Cancelo operation was that Laporta intended to exercise the purchase option for 30 million euros. A sum that makes the England team’s offices laugh. From there, they decide that the base price of the supplement is 50 kilos. and consequently they will hear suggestions of 60 or 70 million.
Barcelona’s sacrifice to buy Joao Cancelo
In the Blaugrana team, they can equal and even surpass the proposal that the Gunner club passed on to its similar team (Manchester City) for the Portuguese player. But to achieve this, they have to make sacrifices, such as selling important footballers. or stop buying the ones that Xavi has already planned for the 2024-25 season.
One of them is currently in the FC Barcelona squad and is Joao Cancelo’s compatriot. We’re talking about Joao Félix, who, like his compatriot, is on the shopping agenda. But in this sense, the Catalan club’s economy only allows the purchase of just one. So if they want the right-back, they have to give up the option of bringing in the striker.
