The reasons for Xavi and Barça to focus on the signing of Joao Cancelo

The favourite of Xavi Hernández to reinforce the right side of his project is Joao Cancel, as already it was it the past month of January, when it tried that it arrived yielded. The own trainer of the FC Barcelona explained that it asked his cession to the Manchester City and the English club denied , something that weeks later contradicted Pep Guardiola. Anyway, the Portuguese follows interesting to the Catalan and the reasons are varied.

The defender of 29 years offers a profile of a lot of technician in the driving, especially to treat of a side. To these characteristic adds him a good strike of balloon, so much for the centre as for the pass and the shot, by what would give him to the Barça a profile of carrilero totally new and that from the period of Dani Alves has not been able to achieve, as they show it the recent failures of Dest or Semedo.

Xavi bets by a footballer contrasted to improve his big defence

Besides, and although in the short term does not seem to need, Cancel delivers him to Xavi the possibility of also be used like left side, where was used in a lot of opportunities in the English team, in front of the absence of a specialist in this position during a lot of months. There the footballer luso stood out and competed like one of the best carrileros of all Europe during the 2021/22 and the beginning of the following course, although for this 2023 all has changed.

This also opens everything for one of the most important arguments: the player wants to go out. That Xavi and the Barça follow insisting in the signing of the defender also is motivated because the own Cancel wants to change of airs in front of his 'grey' relation with Guardiola and the little place that has in the XI. To this adds him that it has sounded in different occasions like aim culé, especially when it was in the Juventus, by what wishes finally fulfil the aim to get dressed of Barcelona.

An ally that the Barça already knows very well

Finally, and remembering logically that the footballer has kept in the elite by almost ten years from his debut in 2014, Cancel belongs to the important list of players of Jorge Mendes. The employer is a very able representative to help to his compatriot in the case that it want to tighten to go to the Barça, having also a big relation with Joan Laporta and the own City.