Manchester City is open to offer Joao Cancelo as a swap. According to Calciomercato, Manchester City is prepared to trade Joao Cancelo as a makeweight in exchange for Chelsea target Rafael Leao. This summer, the City citizens are eager to sign the winger from AC Milan. After the upcoming season, his current contract at the San Siro ends, which may necessitate I Rossoneri selling him.
According to Football.London, Chelsea is keeping an eye on the Serie A “Player of the Season” for 2021–22. In 34 league games last season, he contributed 10 goals and 11 assists to Milan’s Scudetto victory. Leao is currently on track to increase that total. In 17 games this season, he has eight goals and eight assists to his credit.
Manchester City may intend to include Cancelo in a deal for his countryman to outdo Chelsea. The adaptable defender is skilled at playing higher up the field in midfield and can play as a full-back on either wing.
It is unclear, though, whether such an offer will lure the Italian powerhouses. Theo Hernandez and Fodo Ballo-Toure can play on the left side, and Alessandro Florenzi and Davide Calabria can play on the other wing, so they don’t lack full-backs.
Additionally, they acquired Sergino Dest last summer on a season-long loan from Barcelona. The USA international’s contract has an optional provision that allows him to pay €20 million this summer to make the arrangement permanent.
Guardiola should hang onto Cancelo unless he intends to bolster his team’s defense. Only Sergio Gomez is a natural choice for the Spanish strategist along the left side of his defense, aside from the former Juventus full-back.
The 22-year-old has only played 106 minutes of league football this season after being acquired from RSC Anderlecht last summer. In any new contract he signs, the club wants to keep the €150 million release clause, according to Gazzetta. The player’s support group wants to reduce that sum.
Leao owes Sporting CP €19 million, which Milan wants him to settle on his own. To resolve the situation, they made the player offer a yearly salary of €6.5 million, an increase from his present yearly compensation of €1.4 million.
Chelsea and Manchester City’s efforts to acquire the player would be severely hampered by any new agreement with Milan. However, the pair boasts the resources necessary to sign a player of Leao’s caliber.
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