Barcelona eyeing move for Man City's Joao Cancelo

Karan Tejwani

• 26 Jan 2023 21:20 GMT
• 3 min read

Barcelona are keeping tabs on Joao Cancelo as the full-back has seemingly been frustrated by his situation at Manchester City over the past few months.

Barcelona are looking to sign a right-back in the upcoming transfer windows with the club currently lacking in that area with Hector Bellerin’s future unclear.

Barcelona have used a variety of players in that position including Sergi Roberto, Jules Kounde and Ronald Araujo, but now want a permanent fix to the issue.

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They are now targeting Cancelo and feel a deal for the Portuguese talent could be possible in the coming transfer windows and they could get a great talent.

Barcelona eyeing Cancelo move

Over the last few months, Barcelona have targeted a host of players for that position including Thomas Meunier and Juan Foyth but the opportunity to get Cancelo could be tempting.

According to Sport, Cancelo wants to leave Manchester City in the summer with Barcelona keen to make a move for him, but they know he won’t be cheap.

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Barcelona have a good relationship with his agent Jorge Mendes and feel that could act as boost for them, as Mendes has regularly been in contact with the Blaugrana over the last few months.

The price for Cancelo could be a stumbling block: Manchester City value him highly and still see him as one of the best players in the world in that position over the last few years.

For that reason, it’s believed that he will cost around €70 million, which is well out of Barcelona’s financial realm, and is a problem for them as they want to get a deal done.

It was reported by The Telegraph earlier in the season that Cancelo was disappointed with his playing time, which has become irregular this season and was looking to move on if things didn’t change for him.