Manchester City full back Joao Cancelo is now on loan at Barcelona, despite AC Milan striker Rafael Leao’s attempts to persuade him to move to the San Siro.
In his current Daily Briefing piece, transfer news analyst Fabrizio Romano spoke exclusively to CaughtOffside about his conversation with Leao, revealing that he attempted to persuade his fellow Portugal international to join Milan. This did not happen, with Cancelo instead heading on loan to Barcelona last summer, and Romano thinks the 29-year-old wants to continue at the Nou Camp this summer. It remains to be seen whether a permanent transfer can be agreed upon, but it appears that this is Cancelo’s desire, so it will now be up to the clubs to find a deal that works for all parties this summer.
Milan fans may be disappointed, but Romano also pointed out that the Rossoneri never had any contacts over this deal as they already had good options in that position, so it was more of a thing between the players than anything more concrete.
Cancelo transfer update from Romano’s latest column
“It was great to get the chance to speak to Rafael Leao about a number of topics, and it was interesting to hear that he tried to persuade Joao Cancelo to join him at AC Milan,” Romano said.
“‘I was talking with Joao Cancelo and he liked AC Milan… so I told Joao: ok, come to AC Milan!’ Leao said. ‘He was at Man City, I tried… but it was difficult. It was like the perfect match for him to join our new era.
“The reason it didn’t happen is because Cancelo only wanted to play for Barcelona, but also it was never a club to club negotiation. Leao spoke to Cancelo, but Milan never spoke to City also because they already had two right-backs.
“For Cancelo it was only Barca and he still hopes to stay at the club next season after joining them on loan from Man City this term
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