“After Benfica, Barça is the club that I have always liked.” The Portuguese Joao Cancelo has declared his love for FC Barcelona in an interview in his country with RTP television. The full-back confesses that the Barça entity is the club of his dreams and that, when Pep Guardiola told him that he was more of a player for Real Madrid, he was always clear that he would never end up at the Bernabéu.
“Sometimes Pep (Guardiola) told me that he was a player for Real Madrid and I told him no, that I was from Barcelona,” he revealed with a laugh, because Cancelo has been a convinced Barça player since he was little. “I am delighted to be at Barcelona, it is the club where I have always dreamed of being, even though we now have financial problems. I'm happy to be here. After Benfica, it is the club that I have always liked.”
The Barreiro player arrived on loan at the beginning of the season along with his compatriot Joao Félix and is clear that his main objective is to stay at the Barça club. "I hope so. I'm not informed, but I hope so. “I am doing everything to stay here,” he acknowledged.
Despite these intentions, Cancelo is still a Manchester City player: “Right now it is the best team in the world,” he said. And he explained that despite the problems with Guardiola, he is very fond of him. “I don't have a single grudge against Pep. I think they are cycles. We both have a strong personality and there are things we didn't agree on, but I am very grateful and for me he is still the best coach in the world. And life goes on. “I am very happy to be here and I hope to continue,” he noted.
Cancelo also had time to reveal that his favorite Portuguese footballer when he was young was Figo, and on the international level, Ronaldinho. Furthermore, he acknowledged that he would like to finish his career at Benfica “within two or three years.”
