{"id":625956,"date":"2023-08-02T10:32:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T14:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=625956"},"modified":"2023-08-02T10:32:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T14:32:13","slug":"barcelona-focus-cancelo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/02\/barcelona-focus-cancelo\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Remains the Priority\u2019: Barcelona Focus on Manchester City Man Amid Transfer Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FC Barcelona are expected to try and sign a Manchester City player this summer according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1686385925830696961?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>. The Catalan side are in the midst of a transfer saga involving Ousmane Dembele, with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1685792386322948096?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> suggesting that the Frenchman has agreed a five-year deal with Paris Saint-Germain. The La Liga team also have an alternative option lined up, with those negotiations already in advanced stages.<\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_side_odds_tile query=&#8221;sos\/barcelona&#8221; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;metabet-website&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Barcelona Eyeing Manchester City Defender<\/h2>\n<h3>Ousmane Dembele Deal Crucial<\/h3>\n<p>The French winger is inching closer to a move to the French capital. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1685792386322948096?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Romano<\/a> reported that the &#8216;initial green light to the proposal has arrived&#8217;. The transfer market expert reported that PSG will pay a fee between <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1686401586702974976?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a321 million and \u00a343 million<\/a> for the former Dortmund man.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/31\/ousmane-dembele-yes-paris-saint-germain\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Says Yes To Paris Saint-Germain\u2019: Romano Links Star Forward For France<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The part of this transfer fee that the La Liga champions receive from the deal will be used to fund their move for the City defender.<\/p>\n<h3>Barcelona to Try and Sign Joao Cancelo<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Barcelona are expected to give at least one more try to bring in Jo\u00e3o Cancelo by using part of Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 budget. \ud83d\udd35\ud83d\udd34\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9<\/p>\n<p>This remains the plan revealed here on Sunday; otherwise, Bar\u00e7a will complete Iv\u00e1n Fresneda deal \u2014 already advanced with Valladolid \u2935\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/trS1RXI8ZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/trS1RXI8ZA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1686385925830696961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Spanish giants are reportedly going to try and sign Joao Cancelo from Manchester City. He &#8220;remains the priority&#8221; for the club aiming to fix their right-back woes. Xavi Hernandez played Jules Kounde, a natural centre-back in the right full-back position last season owing to the lack of options available to him.<\/p>\n<p>Sergino Dest, the only other right-back in the squad <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/id\/berita\/fc-barcelona-loanee-sergino-dest-fails-to-impress-at-ac-milan-36853749\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">failed to impress<\/a> during his loan spell at AC Milan last season. This has led to the Blaugrana setting their sights on the Portuguese international, who spent some of last term on loan at Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/28\/manchester-city-manchester-united-benjamin-pavard\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018A Race Between Man City, Man Utd and Juventus\u2019: Plettenberg Releases Update On Spectacular Defender<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The transfer guru wrote on his social media that: &#8220;Barcelona are expected to give at least one more try to bring in Jo\u00e3o Cancelo by using part of Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 budget. This remains the plan revealed here on Sunday; otherwise, Bar\u00e7a will complete Iv\u00e1n Fresneda deal \u2014 already advanced with Valladolid&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Ivan Fresneda: The Alternative Option<\/h3>\n<p>The Italian gave a further update on their pursuit of a right back. Although Cancelo remains the number one priority for the club, Ivan Fresneda is the backup option. That deal will be completed if Barca fails to reach an agreement with the Premier League champions for their number 7. Romano suggests that the deal with Real Valladolid is already at an advanced stage for the young right-back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_625163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-625163\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-625163 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Barcelona-Spotify-Camp-Nou-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of Barcelona's Camp Nou\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Barcelona-Spotify-Camp-Nou-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Barcelona-Spotify-Camp-Nou-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Barcelona-Spotify-Camp-Nou-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Barcelona-Spotify-Camp-Nou.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-625163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nou Camp by Kafuffle: https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/oh-barcelona\/3795281086 CC by SA 2: https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q19125117<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FC Barcelona are expected to try and sign a Manchester City player this summer according to Fabrizio Romano. The Catalan side are in the midst of a transfer saga involving Ousmane Dembele, with reports suggesting that the Frenchman has agreed a five-year deal with Paris Saint-Germain. The La Liga team also have an alternative option [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4733,"featured_media":625163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[1365,17,1367,7188],"tags":[3343],"class_list":["post-625956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barcelona","category-manchester-city","category-paris-saint-germain","category-rumours","tag-joao-cancelo"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625956","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\/4733"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}