FC Barcelona forge ahead as they look to scout the ongoing transfer market in order to reinforce for the upcoming 2023/2024 season, that brings a lot of expectations along with it.
The unforeseen departure of Ousmane Dembele away from Barcelona now seems imminent as he gets ready to begin a new journey in Parisian colors over in Ligue 1 with PSG.
The funds that Barcelona hope to generate from his transfer will be essential for the Catalans in their aims of reinvesting in another position that Xavi Hernandez and the staff believe needs attention; the right-back position.
As per several reports as of late, the priority target for Barcelona remains Portuguese star and current Manchester City right-back Joao Cancelo, whose signing is believed to be the next step for Barcelona following the departure of Dembele.
According to Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo however, a Portuguese news outlet by the name of ‘Record’ seems to state that the 29-year-old Portuguese right-back is close to joining Barcelona as negotiations with Manchester City are now quite advanced.
The news comes as a bit of a surprise given that negotiations at the moment were thought to be rather passive, yet if any progress has been made in terms of bringing Cancelo to Spain, it is great news for FC Barcelona.
Recently at Barca News Network, six different reasons were highlighted to showcase the possible thought process behind the arrival of Cancelo that Xavi and Barcelona have in mind. These reasons make him quite the option to recruit given that it would provide a massive boost to this current Barca side.
It remains to be seen whether other reports soon follow regarding any advanced updates on the negotiations for Joao Cancelo, but Barcelona remain adamant that the 29-year-old is their absolute priority as the next arrival to Catalonia.
