{"id":96752,"date":"2023-09-02T11:43:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T11:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/02\/barcelona-sign-joao-felix-and-joao-cancelo-on-loan\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T11:43:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T11:43:53","slug":"barcelona-sign-joao-felix-and-joao-cancelo-on-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/02\/barcelona-sign-joao-felix-and-joao-cancelo-on-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona sign Joao Felix and Joao Cancelo on loan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Barcelona have signed Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix and Manchester City full-back Joao Cancelo on loan.<\/p>\n

Both are season-long loans and neither agreement includes an option to buy.<\/p>\n

Portugal international Cancelo, 29, spent last season on loan at Bayern Munich having fallen out of favour at the Etihad.<\/p>\n

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While compatriot Felix, 23, who joined Atletico for \u00a3113m in 2019, had an unsuccessful six-month loan spell at Chelsea last season.<\/p>\n

Felix, who has also extended his Atletico contract until 2029, scored four goals in 20 games for Chelsea.<\/p>\n

He has not played for Atletico since January and\u00a0previously said\u00a0playing for Barcelona was his \u201cdream\u201d.<\/p>\n

Cancelo moved to City from Juventus for \u00a360m in 2019 and went on to play an integral part in two Premier League titles and was named in the PFA Team of the Year in 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n

Barcelona\u2019s financial issues meant they have had to wait to sign the Portuguese pair but Ansu Fati\u2019s\u00a0move to Brighton\u00a0helped smooth the transfers through.<\/p>\n

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