{"id":57201,"date":"2026-01-15T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/joao-cancelo-registered-with-laliga-with-barca-first-team_315761_102\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:19:12","slug":"joao-cancelo-registered-with-laliga-with-barca-first-team_315761_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/joao-cancelo-registered-with-laliga-with-barca-first-team_315761_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Joao Cancelo registered with LaLiga with Bar\u00e7a’s first team"},"content":{"rendered":"
FC Barcelona<\/strong> will be able to count on Joao Cancelo<\/strong> for the entire second half of LaLiga EA Sports 2025\/26<\/a>. The 31-year-old defender returned to the Catalan club this week on a six-month loan<\/a>. Taking advantage of the long-term absence of Andreas Christensen<\/a>, Bar\u00e7a freed up 80% of the Dane’s salary to register the Portuguese international until next June 30<\/p> Cancelo spent the last year and a half playing for Saudi club **Al Hilal**, with whom he signed until June 2027 after his transfer from **Manchester City** for **25 million euros**. However, coach Simone Inzaghi did not count on him for the second half of the season, and Bar\u00e7a took the opportunity to bring him back.<\/p> In 23\/24, Joao also played on loan for one season in which he **played 42 official matches, scoring 4 goals and providing 5 assists**. Once his federation license was resolved, the player from Barreiro was called up for the Copa del Rey round of 16 tie<\/a> against Racing de Santander<\/p> This way, the Blaugrana squad has 33 players registered in its official roster for LaLiga 25\/26. Nine of them (Diego Kochen, Eder Aller, Jofre Torrents, Xavi Espart, Toomy M\u00e1rquez, ‘Dro’ Fern\u00e1ndez, Juan Fern\u00e1ndez, Guille Fern\u00e1ndez, and Toni Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>) still have youth team contracts, meaning there is only one spot left for the first team<\/p> All First Division clubs have 25 professional player slots<\/strong> available in their squad. With the signing of Joao Cancelo, there are 24 slots filled.<\/p> Barcelona already has 33 players registered in LaLiga<\/h2>