Chelsea ace overlooked as Real Madrid prepare €60m bid for Man City star who’s played his last game for Guardiola
Man City trio Phil Foden, Kevin de Bruyne and Joao Cancelo
According to reports, Real Madrid have gone from Chelsea star to Man City star and a €60m offer could be enough to sign a player who may never play for Pep Guardiola again. .
Los Blancos are said to be looking for a new full-back this summer. Questions are being raised about whether left-back Ferland Mendy will stay at the club, with injury concerns becoming increasingly common. Therefore, the extremely flexible Eduardo Camavinga forced to fill in the defence.
On the opposite flank, Dani Carvajal's best days seem to be over. The 31-year-old is an effective support tool at the Bernabeu even though Real are beginning to look to the future.
Finally, multiple reports from Spain put Real in the Reece James blockbuster attack.
Chelsea's Player of the Year tops the shortlist of four right-backs Real have identified as Carvajal's successor. However, even an offer of around £90m may not be enough to blackmail Chelsea.
Chelsea don't want to capitalize on a local player already among the best in the world in his position. As such, Real may be forced to explore options two, three and four on their roster.
According to AS, this will feature Joao Cancelo (Man City), Juan Foyth (Villarreal) and Davide Calabria (AC Milan). Today's update is about Man City's Cancelo.
The Portuguese is currently on loan at Bayern Munich, although the Bavarians find it difficult to activate their buy option. The option is set at 70 million euros. Cancelo was unexpectedly dumped by Man City during the winter transfer window after falling out with Guardiola because he was no longer a regular starter.
Trusted reporter Ben Jacobs later told TEAMtalk exclusively that "there is a very high probability that he will not play another game for Man City".
Guardiola is enjoying great success with his new 3-2-4-1 formation. The system uses three centre-backs with fourth centre-back John Stones working alongside Rodri as a second pillar.
As such, there is no place for traditional full-backs like Cancelo in Guardiola's strongest squad and the departure of the Spaniard is likely to lead to his sale this summer. Now, a new report from Spain (via Goal), has revealed that Real Madrid could offer Cancelo an exit to Madrid.
With a deal for Reece James looking unlikely, Real are said to have 'eyes' on Cancelo.
An offer of €60m (£52.9m) is rumored - an amount City could be happy to receive for an unwanted player who turns 29 in May .
Real's interest plus Cancelo can play at either left-back or right-back.
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