Barça closes the transfers of João Félix and Cancelo on the bell

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In a last day of the frantic market like few others in the offices of the FC Barcelonathe operations of entrances and exits accumulated at once, almost all of them revolving around the figure of the superagent jorge mendes. No incorporation was more necessary, and claimed by the technician Xavithan Joao Cancelo, intended since last January to cover the hole on the defensive right wing. More accessory was that of joao felix. Both have been registered in LaLiga on the bell, like almost everything in Barça of the new era, and through a personal endorsement from the board of directors when the announced advance of 40 million of the 120 from the German Líbero fund did not arrive.

It has been a throbbing evening for the fans of the transfer market, with different focuses of attention for the Barça gaze: from the airport, where they landed throughout the afternoon Mendes, João Felix and Cancelo, to the Ciutat Esportiva, where the football management met with the Portuguese agent to finish off several of the incorporations. In this juggling game, Barça worked on six operations during the day, an unprecedented number.

In order for the two Joãos to be registered on loan, the aforementioned guarantee was needed, at the end of about 13 million, and the departure of some players who would release salary mass. Throughout the day they were doing accounts on the different possible scenarios to incorporate the clients of Mendes, a former partner of Deco. The documentation was not sent to the LaLiga offices until after 10 p.m.

First, the well-known transfers of Lenglet to the astonville and after Ansu Fati to Brighton. And in the afternoon they began to take shape abde to the Betis and of Eric Garcia to Girona. Two footballers who seemed destined to stay, as Xavi had let it be known that he had both. But the football business is changeable, favors intervene between clubs and agents, and both Abde and Èric demanded more minutes of play. Very relevant has been the pressure of the defense so that the agreement was closed. Barça will continue to pay a good part of its tab.

About I cancel29, Barça made the first formal offer to Manchester City on Thursday night. Pep Guardiola He was not interested in keeping a player with a reputation as a bad substitute. He will not have to suffer for it at Barça. He is called to be a regular starter due to lack of competition. He arrived in the middle of the afternoon from Portugal, where he has been waiting for a week for the mess to be unraveled.

Economic effort

joao felix, 23, no longer trained in the morning with Atlético. If Guardiola did not want Cancelo, Diego Simeone did not need the Portuguese at all. Doubts about his quality do not exist; about his performance and character, abound. Mendes wanted to place him at Barça for a long time and the player sided with him with some statements in which he assured that he dreamed of playing for Barça and in the economic part, lowering his record.

Before signing, he agreed with Atlético an extension of his contract, for two seasons, until June 2029, in order to alleviate the amortization of his expensive signing (127 million in 2019). The two João join Barça without an option to buy.

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Xavi He has always been skeptical of the Portuguese attacking midfielder, but since he is “at the top with the president”, he has ended up agreeing to his arrival, even at the cost of losing Abde, a fast player with dribbling, therefore different, and He had many suitors. The Pedro’s injury Joao Félix opens the possibility of joining the team.

Abde no longer trained in the afternoon with Barça. And while he seemed to have done it with Betis, more proposals were arriving that conditioned the amount of the guarantee, which was mainly borne by Laporta and the treasurer Ferran Olivé. The Andalusian club was able to announce the Moroccan on the brink of midnight for 7.5 million for 50% of his rights. Barça reserves a repurchase right and 50% in the event of a future sale.



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