João Cancelo returns to LaLiga. At 31 years old, he has already been in professional football for more than a decade. He debuted in the elite with Benfica and shortly after he left on loan to Valencia. Cancelo has gone through eight clubs and has moved around 145 million euros. Furthermore, that of Barça It will be his fifth assignment of his career.
He barely took his first steps with the Benficawith whom he played a couple of matches, went to Valencia. At Mestalla it took them a dozen matches to decide and sign Cancelo, for whom they paid 15 million euros. In his first course he had a secondary role, he was the replacement of Antonio Barragan on the right side. In the second, however, his prominence skyrocketed. In the next one, he maintained his role and, as he himself explained in the presentation as a new Barça player, Barcelona he became interested in him. Finally, at the end of his third campaign at Mestalla, he ended up in Italia.
He Inter Milan He acquired his services via transfer. The Italians reserved a purchase option of 35 million euros. Inter considered incorporating Cancelo, but could not afford the operation. Cancelo did not return Valenciastayed in Italy. The Juventus He paid 40 million for the Portuguese. In Turin they trusted him to alleviate the departure of Stephan Lichtsteiner and played both as a winger and as a winger. He beat the experienced About. As in the Interonly lasted one season.
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A year after landing in Turin, he signed with the Manchester City. English and Italians made an exchange: Danilo He went to Turin and Cancelo, to Manchester. City offered around 30 million euros plus their full-back to sign the Portuguese. The operation is estimated to have been over 65 million. In his first season in the Premier he raised the Champions. The presence of Walker led to Guardiola to reinvent him, in sections, as a left back. He spent three entire academic years in Manchester and at a winter market, with a dwindling schedule and the emergence of Rico Lewiswas transferred to Bayern. Curiously, the Bavarians fell in that edition of the Champions League against City.
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Cancelo would no longer wear the ‘skyblue’ shirt. In the summer of 2024, he left on loan to Barcelona. Although the Blaugrana ended up happy, they could not afford a purchase option that was around 25 million, in the summer of 2024. For the same price, Cancelo went to Al Hilal. A year and a half later, he returned to Barcelona. With 145 million, he is the side that has moved the most money in transfers. There is only one defender who surpasses him: Matthijs de Ligtwith close to 200, between Juventus, Bayern and Manchester United.
