{"id":290635,"date":"2023-09-30T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=290635"},"modified":"2023-09-30T19:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T19:50:00","slug":"man-city-agree-cancelo-fee-with-barcelona-but-get-less-than-half-asking-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/man-city-agree-cancelo-fee-with-barcelona-but-get-less-than-half-asking-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City agree Cancelo fee with Barcelona \u2013 but get less than half asking price"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barcelona have agreed a cut-price \u00a324.3million fee with Manchester City to buy Joao Cancelo.<\/p>\n

The Portuguese defender, 29, is currently on loan at the Nou Camp until the end of the season after the Spanish champions were unable to raise the necessary funds to secure him permanently in the summer.<\/p>\n

City wanted closer to \u00a355m back the for Cancelo, who had spent the second half of last season on loan with German giants Bayern Munich. That spell in the Bundesliga failed to persuade new Bayern boss Thomas Tuchel he was worth that sort of outlay.<\/p>\n

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But with his future at Treble holders City already dead – following a major breakdown in his relationship with manager Pep Guardiola – Cancelo was offered the chance to revive his stalling career at Barcelona instead.<\/p>\n

And even though the Spanish club\u2019s well-publicised financial problems meant it could be only a loan move initially, negotiations between the parties have continued into the campaign. Those talks have now concluded successfully – with the Catalans set to pay less than half City\u2019s original asking price for Cancelo next June.<\/p>\n

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