The FC Barcelona announced the night of this Friday the cession, without option of purchase, of Joao Cancel. Of this way, the Barcelona team reinforces the right band with the signing of a specialist in the side, something that Xavi Hernández had demanded during all the market estival and with which will be able to give a jump of quality very important to a defence that the previous course was the best of LaLiga and one of the best of all Europe.
With I Cancel, the Barça ensures a profile of footballer consolidated in the elite, able to shine in the Manchester City of Pep Guardiola, so much in the right band as in the left, a subject no less important to the hour to value his arrival. In the rows of the English team has seen his best version, especially in the seasons 2020-21 and 2021-22, when it turned into a fixed in the alignments of Pep.
LaLiga, a stage more than known for the new signing culé
The international luso, formed in the Benfica, already played in Spain when it defended the T-shirt of Valencia between 2014 and 2017, first as yielded and later fichado by the team che by 15 million euros in 2015. Precisely this formula could repeat in 2024, although by the moment the Barça did not include option of purchase to avoid add this quantity to the 'fair play' financial of the current season.
It could be a before and an afterwards for the Barça and Cancel
With a last campaign without too many opportunities in the City, in front of a change of system of Guardiola, and a cession agridulce in the Bayern of Munich, now Cancel will enjoy of an opportunity that allow him go back to show his best level in a team in which will have little competition in a position. And it is that the right side has been one of the quebraderos of head of the sportive direction of the Barça since in 2016 Dani Alves left the club.
From the goodbye of the Brazilian, that went back to dress of Barcelona in the second half of the season 2021-22, the Catalan club has disbursed more than 50 million euros to reinforce said position. The Catalan club made the signings of Nelson Semedo -from the 2020 in the rows Wolverhampton Wanderers- and Sergiño Dest, that will play the present season to loan in the PSV Eindhoven.
A too valuable profile for Xavi
However, now Joao Cancel offers a profile that adjusts perfectly to the project culé, now headed by Xavi Hernández. The luso offers inner game, gone and permanent turn, big exit of balloon and a big hit to the hour to hang centres to the area or test luck to the goal if like this it decides it. Besides, the defender could be alternative of Alejandro Balde in the left side during the season if it was necessary, a data that can not forget regarding the planning.