{"id":285793,"date":"2023-08-28T17:36:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T17:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=285793"},"modified":"2023-08-28T17:36:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T17:36:03","slug":"city-defender-cancelo-is-close-to-securing-loan-move-to-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/city-defender-cancelo-is-close-to-securing-loan-move-to-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"City defender Cancelo &apos;is close to securing loan move to Barcelona&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo &#8216;is close to securing loan move to Barcelona with LaLiga side having an option to sign him permanently for \u00a321m&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Joao Cancelo is reportedly close to signing for Barcelona in a loan move\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Barcelona will have an option to sign the defender permanently for \u00a321million\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Would Mohamed Salah &#8216;do the dirty&#8217; on Liverpool by leaving? And what about Man United &#8216;diving&#8217;?: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off, Mail Sport&#8217;s new podcast\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo is reportedly close to completing a loan move to Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Guardian, as part of the deal Barcelona will have the option to sign Cancelo permanently for \u00a321million (\u20ac25million).<\/p>\n<p>Cancelo spent the second half of last season on loan at Bayern Munich after falling out of favour with Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n<p>The Portugal international, who can play as a full-back on either side, has made 154 appearances for City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cancelo is set to become Barcelona&#8217;s fourth arrival of the summer following the signings of Ilkay Gundogan, Inigo Martinez and Oriol Romeu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/16\/74800761-0-image-m-428_1693237064121.jpg\" height=\"565\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo is close to completing a loan move to Barcelona<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/16\/74801067-0-image-a-443_1693237712311.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Xavi&#8217;s side will have the option to sign the Portugal international permanently for \u00a321million<\/p>\n<p>Although Cancelo has just under four years remaining on his contract at City, he may well have played his last game for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Including the first half of last season, Cancelo was involved in three title-winning campaigns while at City.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he won the FA Cup and two League Cups.<\/p>\n<p>Although he was involved in pre-season, Cancelo hasn&#8217;t been involved in any of City&#8217;s matchday squads since the competitive action got underway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/16\/74801127-0-image-a-446_1693237851094.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cancelo spent the second half of last season at Bayern Munich after falling out of favour at City<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12453731\/Manchester-City-defender-Joao-Cancelo-close-securing-loan-Barcelona-LaLiga-having-option-sign-permanently-21m.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo &#8216;is close to securing loan move to Barcelona with LaLiga side having an option to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>City defender Cancelo &amp;apos;is close to securing loan move to Barcelona&amp;apos; 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