{"id":458898,"date":"2019-08-04T17:02:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T21:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=458898"},"modified":"2019-08-04T17:02:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T21:02:43","slug":"report-joao-cancelo-joins-manchester-city-in-danilo-swap-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/08\/04\/report-joao-cancelo-joins-manchester-city-in-danilo-swap-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Jo\u00e3o Cancelo Joins Manchester City in Danilo Swap Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/feeds\/manchestercityfootball-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City<\/a> will announce the signing of full-back <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/bd6351cd\/Joao-Cancelo?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jo\u00e3o Cancelo<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/category\/serie-a\/juventus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juventus<\/a>\u00a0tomorrow. He arrives as part of a swap deal with Danilo making his way to Juventus. And, as Fabrizio Romano also reports, this deal involves an additional fee of \u20ac30 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jo\u00e3o Cancelo to Manchester City, Danilo to Juventus: here we go! Man City are going to pay also \u20ac30M to Juventus and the swap is ready to be completed tomorrow, last details and the paperworks time. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MCFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cancelo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Cancelo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Danilo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Danilo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/transfers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#transfers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1158104426080550912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Manchester City Swap Danilo for Jo\u00e3o Cancelo<\/h2>\n<h3>Jo\u00e3o Cancelo: Career So Far<\/h3>\n<p>Cancelo began his career at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/tag\/benfica\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Benfica&#8217;s<\/a> B team, making a step up to the senior squad in 2014. After impressing in loan spell at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/tag\/valencia\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Valencia<\/a> he joined the Spanish side permanently where he stayed until 2017. After another loan at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/tag\/inter-milan\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inter Milan<\/a>, he joined Italian rivals Juventus last summer for \u00a335 million.<\/p>\n<p>His journey across Europe&#8217;s top leagues continues with his arrival at City a year on from his arrival in Turin. He was a hot prospect in Italian football, after being named in 2017-18 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/serie-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Serie A<\/a> team of the season. He made 34 appearances for Juventus last season, helping keep 15 clean sheets. His goal contribution was an added bonus too; 1 goal and 8 assists in those 34 games.<\/p>\n<p>Cancelo also comes with international pedigree; he made his debut in the Portugal national side in 2016, making 16 appearances since. He managed to get himself into the preliminary 35-man squad for the World Cup last year but didn&#8217;t make the final cut. More recently, he appeared on the bench in Portugal&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/tag\/uefa-nations-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nations League<\/a> win over Holland.<\/p>\n<h3>Danilo Leaves the Citizens<\/h3>\n<p>Danilo first arrived at the Ethiad in 2017. His price tag was about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/40686943\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a326.5 million<\/a>\u00a0which saw him transfer from Real Madrid.\u00a0Since then, he has made 34 Premier League appearances, scoring four goals. Despite his five-year-contract, he will be departing the club early after falling out of favour.\u00a0The Brazilian failed to nail down a starting place in Guardiola&#8217;s side, behind Walker in the pecking order.<\/p>\n<p>He may have not made the most profound impact at the club, but Danilo still leaves the club with an impressive trophy haul. Two Premier League titles and three cup wins are now part of his impressive collection.<\/p>\n<p>Juventus sign Danilo who is not yet acquainted with Serie A. But, he has a wider footballing experience across Brazil, Portugal and Spain. In addition, he has important Champions League expertise with over 3000 minutes played over his career. This includes his performance in the 2016 final for Real Madrid, whilst he could only watch on as an unused substitute in the 2017 victory.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for Manchester City<\/h3>\n<p>Manchester City were inevitably going to need to replace Danilo, who was set to leave at some point this summer, and now they have an ideal resolution. Cancelo, primarily a right-back, could yet take <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/86dd77d1\/Kyle-Walker?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Walker<\/a>&#8216;s place, after some recent shaky performances from the Englishman.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese full-back can operate on both flanks, and even further up the wing too. It is a sign of intent from<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/tag\/pep-guardiola\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Pep Guardiola<\/a>, showing everyone&#8217;s place is under threat in his side. At four years younger than Walker, Cancelo represents a solid investment for the future, as well as a good prospect ahead of the new campaign.<\/p>\n<p>He becomes Pep Guardiola&#8217;s first signing of the summer ahead of his second successive <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier League<\/a> title defence.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1156985149\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.66667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jo\u00e3o Cancelo has reportedly made the switch to Manchester City, with Danilo off to Juventus in a swap deal plus add-ons of around 30 million euros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3031,"featured_media":499411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1362,30,3,5,28],"tags":[1322,3343,323,100,181,40,48,1179,148],"class_list":["post-458898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-city","category-juventus","category-news","category-premier-league","category-serie-a","category-transfers","tag-danilo","tag-joao-cancelo","tag-juventus","tag-manchester-city","tag-pep-guardiola","tag-premier-league","tag-serie-a","tag-transfer-news","tag-transfer-window"],"modified_by":"Declan Wiseman, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}