{"id":37267,"date":"2026-01-06T08:48:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/joao-cancelo-set-for-barcelona-comeback-following-inter-defeat\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T08:48:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T13:48:52","slug":"joao-cancelo-set-for-barcelona-comeback-following-inter-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/joao-cancelo-set-for-barcelona-comeback-following-inter-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Jo\u00e3o Cancelo Set for Barcelona Comeback Following Inter Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Inter Milan was said to have finalized an agreement for Joao Cancelo from Al Hilal; however, Fabrizio Romano reports that the Portuguese player is prioritizing a move back to Barcelona, who have shown interest in bringing him back.<\/p>\n<p>Cancelo, who was on loan at Barcelona during the 2023-24 season from Manchester City, will rejoin the team on loan until the end of the season, with Barcelona set to pay a fee of 4 million euros for the rental period from January to June.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udc99\u2764\ufe0f Breaking news: Joao Cancelo is leaving for Barcelona! On loan until June.<\/p>\n<p>Exclusive article confirming that Bar\u00e7a will pay 4 million euros as loan compensation to Al Hilal, as revealed today.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Inter having signed a contract with Al Hilal, Joao only wanted Barcelona. \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sy3CRMeIvT\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Sy3CRMeIvT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2008288387044675678?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s believed that the Barcelona player&#8217;s voices within the squad played a crucial role, urging the club to bring the 31-year-old right-back back into the fold.<\/p>\n<p>Cancelo has won league titles with several teams, including Benfica in Portugal, Juventus in Italy, Manchester City in England, and Bayern Munich in Germany; however, his initial stint at Barcelona did not yield any trophies. In addition, he was part of the Portugal squad that won the UEFA Nations League in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fan Take:<\/strong> This move is significant for soccer aficionados as it showcases Barcelona&#8217;s strategic focus on bolstering their squad with experienced talent. Cancelo&#8217;s versatile play could enhance the team&#8217;s performance, potentially tipping the scales in La Liga and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Milan was said to have finalized an agreement for Joao Cancelo from Al Hilal; however, Fabrizio Romano reports that the Portuguese player is prioritizing a move back to Barcelona, who have shown interest in bringing him back. Cancelo, who was on loan at Barcelona during the 2023-24 season from Manchester City, will rejoin the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[839,8200,1005,333,40,584,987,46,150,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-37267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-cancelo","10":"tag-comeback","11":"tag-defeat","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-inter","14":"tag-joao","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-set","17":"tag-soccer"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}