Joao Cancelo. The type of name a year ago we would have associated with one of Pep Guardiola’s undroppable core but in that time since his stock fell so low under the Spaniard that he sought out an exit from the club in January and joined Bayern Munich on loan.
Like Oleksandr Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus before him, it is perhaps unsurprising to see the Portuguese international then linked with a move to north London in the summer. Bayern do have the option of making the deal permanent for around £61m but the latest indications are that won’t be happening.
A move by Arsenal for Cancelo would surely be expensive, as his buy-option clause indicates from his loan. Arsenal have a number of key targets in midfield like Declan Rice and Moises Caicedo who are expected to take up a huge portion of their summer budget.
