Barca beat City to Cancelo?

By Football Italia staff

Barcelona are reportedly rivalling Manchester City in the race to sign Juventus right-back Joao Cancelo.

Cancelo appeared to be set for City, but they are currently finalising the transfer of Atletico Madrid midfielder Rodri Hernandez.

Furthermore, the English champions have yet to meet Juve’s €60m asking price, with the Bianconeri not prepared to take Danilo in exchange.

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, that has opened the door to Barca, who could lose Nelson Semedo to Atleti.

The Catalans have also been linked with bringing back Dani Alves, the former Juve defender now a free agent after leaving Paris Saint-Germain.

As for who will replace the Portuguese, La Gazzetta joins Gianluca Di Marzio in claiming the Old Lady could finally land Matteo Darmian.

However, the newspaper stresses the Manchester United full-back is not a priority target.

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