Barcelona transfer news: World Cup displays 'make up Deco's mind' over summer move for 32-year-old

Joao Cancelo's opening 2 performances astatine the 2026 World Cup person reportedly strengthened his chances of earning a imperishable determination to Barcelona this summer.

The 32-year-old spent the 2nd fractional of the 2025-26 run connected indebtedness astatine Barcelona from Al-Hilal, making 23 appearances for the Catalan team, scoring doubly and registering 4 assists.

Cancelo was besides antecedently connected indebtedness astatine Barcelona from Manchester City during the 2023-24 campaign, making 42 appearances successful each competitions.

As it stands, the Portugal planetary volition instrumentality to Al-Hilal aft the 2026 World Cup, but it is understood that the La Liga champions are determined to support clasp of him.

According to SPORT, Barcelona person been hugely impressed by Cancelo's opening 2 performances astatine the 2026 World Cup.

Barca 'pushing' to motion Cancelo connected a imperishable basis

Cancelo has started Portugal's 2 radical matches against Congo DR and Uzbekistan, and helium acceptable up Cristiano Ronaldo to people against the second past clip out.

Al-Hilal person Cancelo connected a declaration until June 2027, but Barcelona's sporting manager Deco is said to beryllium assured that an statement tin beryllium struck.

Super-agent Jorge Mendes is heavy progressive successful the negotiations, and it is believed to beryllium imaginable that Marc Casado heads to the Saudi Pro League outfit arsenic a makeweight successful the deal.

Casado, who has besides been linked with Manchester United, made 34 appearances for Hansi Flick's squad during the 2025-26 campaign, but helium lone started 10 times successful La Liga.

Casado to articulation Al-Hilal arsenic Cancelo makeweight?

The midfielder came done the younker strategy astatine Barcelona earlier making his first-team debut successful 2022, and helium has represented the Catalan nine connected 75 occasions successful each competitions.

Casado is believed to beryllium surplus to requirements astatine Camp Nou, though, with a transportation during the summertime marketplace thought to beryllium connected the cards.

The midfielder was not included successful the Spain squad for the 2026 World Cup, but Cancelo's engagement successful the tourney means that determination is improbable to beryllium immoderate superior question until Portugal person been eliminated from the competition.