Pep Guardiola trembles, Barcelona goes for this Manchester City star as Dembelé's replacement

Barcelona's preseason had different situations that left it marked as a period of the year in which everything happened at the Culés offices. Not only because of the great performance that the team showed, crowned in a 3-0 victory against Real Madrid, but mainly because when it seemed that Xavi had his starting team, one of those pieces accepted an offer from PSG and will leave, but the coach already has a replacement.

It is that Ousmane Dembélé was a starting element within the consideration of Xavi Hernández, who in fact demonstrated it in the last classic by placing him as a starter. However, Dembélé's decision to leave Culé led to the search for a replacement and, within this framework, Xavi found one that perfectly suits the team's needs, although not in the same position, since Joao Cancelo is the player that would arrive in replacement of Dembélé.

As hard as Dembélé's departure is, since it alters the plans that Xavi Hernández had, the Spanish coach has the obligation to work to solve the problems of his squad. In this sense, he chose to reinforce another position as the winger, in which he considers that he is weaker, since at the end he still has Raphinha to start.

How much would Joao Cancelo cost Barcelona?

The operation to complete this signing would not be too expensive, but it would generate losses for Barcelona, since the sale of Ousmane Dembélé was completed for only 50 million dollars, of which 50% belongs to Barcelona and the rest to the player, so there are around 25 million net dollars that will be allocated entirely to the negotiations for Joao Cancelo.