Manchester City star Joao Cancelo has agreed personal terms with FC Barcelona according to transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano.
Much uncertainty hangs over thҽ 29-year-old’s future at thҽ Premier League champions, with Cancelo having spent thҽ second half of last season on loan at Bayern Munich after falling out of favour with Pep Guardiola.
While thҽ Portuguese full-back has shown glimpses of his silky technical ability and flair going forward in pre-season, it was revealed just more than a week ago that Guardiola was still keen on his exit.
Now, it seems like thҽ Manchester City boss may get his wish as Joao Cancelo, who’s contract at Man City runs out in 2027, has agreed personal terms to join Barcelona this summer.
This comes from Fabrizio Romano, after it was claimed on Wednesday that thҽ £60 million (Telegraph) man was in talks to join Xavi’s side.
Thҽ Italian journalist also claimed: ‘Xavi wanted to sign him since January as a priority target with talks now ongoing with Man City over a deal structure.’
With Ousmane Dembele looking likely to leave thҽ Nou Camp in a £43million move to Paris Saint-Germain, thҽ cash strapped club are, per Romano, hoping to use some of thҽ funds from thҽ French forward’s sale to acquire Cancelo.
Gerard Romero has come up with an update, providing more details about the agreement between the La Liga champions and the Portuguese international.
As per the report from Romero, the 29-year-old right-back will be on a salary worth around €6 million.
It had been previously suggested that Cancelo’s wages could come up to around €14 million per season, but the right-back was willing to accept a pay cut in order to secure a move to Barça.
While one still remains unaware about thҽ potential fee in question if Joao Cancelo ends up in a Barcelona shirt, Manchester City would be happy to be in thҽ process of offloading him.
Considering Barca’s harsh economic reality, a loan deal with an option to buy when thҽ La Liga champions are in better financial shape 12 months from now might be thҽ most likely outcome.
