Joao Cancelo was an integral a part of Barcelona’s beginning lineup final season and was invaluable not solely at right-back but additionally within the left-back division after Alejandro Balde’s long-term harm.
In his one season on the membership, the Portuguese star performed 42 video games within the garnet-and-blue, scoring 4 objectives and offering 5 assists within the course of.
Regardless of his constructive stint on mortgage from Manchester Metropolis, nevertheless, he didn’t safe a everlasting transfer to the Catalan capital owing to the crew’s monetary insufficiency and ultimately signed for Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia.
Nonetheless a Cule
Regardless of not taking part in for Barcelona this season, Cancelo holds a particular place for the membership in his coronary heart and he even posted a photograph of himself sporting this season’s package on his social media earlier this week.
Within the picture, Cancelo is seen sporting the crew’s first package which he by no means wore throughout his time as a participant, exhibiting that he’s nonetheless an ardent fan of the Blaugrana.
He additionally poses with the package of Cruz Credo da Vila Formosa package within the image.
Whereas the event in itself just isn’t huge, it’s the timing of the submit that has caught the eye of many for the participant posted it instantly after the Membership World Cup draw the place Al-Hilal was drawn in the identical group as Actual Madrid.
Cancelo’s image, thus, has been interpreted as a warning message to Los Blancos for he’s nonetheless a Barcelona fan at coronary heart and has it in him to get the higher of Actual Madrid within the occasion.
Barcelona, sadly, didn’t qualify for the match owing to their current disappointments in Europe, though Hansi Flick discovered the intense aspect in his press convention and acknowledged that his gamers would want the remaining after a busy season.