Portuguese full-back Joao Cancelo could return to Barcelona this summer. Diario Sport reported on Wednesday that Barcelona are close to reaching an agreement. With Manchester City to bring Joao Cancelo back to the club on loan with an option to buy next summer.

Both Barcelona and Cancelo are interested in reuniting next season. But a major obstacle is negotiating with City, who are keen to sell him outright for a fee in the region of €25-30m. After City received several offers for the 30-year-old full-back, particularly from Saudi Arabia. But the player has insisted on returning to the Blaugrana, forcing City to negotiate with Barca again UFABET

Cancelo is reportedly willing to take a pay cut to make the move on loan with the option to make it permanent in the summer of 2025. With the Blaugrana set to pay €8.3m for the loan and cover the player’s wages. As well as a €21.3m option to buy at the end of next season.

In the 2021-22 season, Cancelo continued to show excellent form and firmly held onto his position, especially in the game against Manchester United on November 6, 2021. He was involved in both goals by forcing Eric Bailly to score an own goal and providing an assist for Bernardo Silva to score before Man City won 2-0 and finally in that season, Man City successfully defended their league title.

In the 2022-23 season, Cancelo is still the team’s main full-back. Before the 2022 World Cup, he played 21 matches for Man City in all competitions and scored 2 goals.