Joao Cancelo has been denied his dream squad quantity at Barcelona on account of La Liga’s guidelines.
The Portugal worldwide is alleged to be near finishing a mortgage transfer to Barcelona, along with his departure more likely to spell the top of his Manchester Metropolis profession.
As per the Guardian, Cancelo’s transfer to Barcelona consists of an choice to purchase, with the payment mentioned to be within the area of €25million (£21million).
The transfer will likely be Cancelo’s second mortgage spell of 2023, with the full-back having joined Bayern within the remaining hours of the January window.
However the Bundesliga giants declined the choice to signal Cancelo completely, and it was subsequently claimed that Arsenal might look to herald the participant from their title rivals.
That transfer by no means occurred after all, with Cancelo now set to finish a switch to the Camp Nou.
Whereas Cancelo is alleged to be eager on the transfer to Barca, he will likely be unable to put on his favorite quantity 7 shirt for the Catalan outfit.
The defender donned the quantity 7 shirt at Metropolis to honour the reminiscence of his mom, who was tragically killed in a automobile accident 9 years in the past.
He defined, through Footy Headlines: “Seven was my mum’s favorite quantity and it was the day she was born: 7 February.
“I made a decision to select that quantity as a result of it’s significant for me and for my mum. I hope I can signify her with this quantity as she is among the most necessary individuals in my life.”
At Bayern, Cancelo was unable to put on quantity 7, 17, 27 or 37 as different gamers had been holding that quantity.
And he will likely be denied the chance to put on his favorite quantity as soon as his Barca transfer is finalised. La Liga guidelines state that every one first-teamers should put on a shirt quantity between 1 and 25.
And given Ferran Torres has taken over from Ousmane Dembele as the brand new No.7 and Marcos Alonso is No.17, Cancelo will likely be unable to don a 7 on his again.
Furthermore, new signing Ilkay Gundogan is quantity 22, the shirt quantity Cancelo ended up carrying at Bayern throughout his mortgage spell there.
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