FC Barcelona ‘Very Upset’ With Premier League Rivals Manchester City: Reports

Barcelona are “very upset” with Manchester City behavior in the summer transfer window and its January equivalent at the start of 2023, according to Mundo Deportivo.

In the winter market, City manager and Barca legend Pep Guardiola reportedly blocked a potential loan move that his boyhood club wanted to complete for Joao Cancelo.

This came despite Guardiola and Cancelo parting ways at the training ground, with the Portuguese instead heading to Bayern Munich for the remainder of last season.

Guardiola denied he stood in the way of a potential operation, protesting that his former midfielder and now Barca head coach Xavi was “misinformed” and “far from reality”.

Guardiola added Manchester City:

“We decided Joao had to leave. We didn’t care where he went, even if he wanted to go to City’s rivals Manchester City United.”

On transfer deadline day, Cancelo finally signed a provisional contract with the Catalans until June 30, 2024.

And although the wealthy Mantuos did not demand a loan fee from the cash-strapped Catalans to borrow Cancelo, they remained “troubled” by some attitudes and comments from the English club, who are “very angry” with the English. club. Etihad Airways.

In addition to the January setback, which MD believes influenced Barca’s elimination from the Europa League at the hands of City rivals Manchester City United, Guardiola’s side also complicated Bernardo Silva’s possible transfer to Catalonia, even if the player wants to join the La Liga champion.

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City have also tried to attract Barca’s young talents such as Lamin Yamal, Alejandro Balde and promising defender Pau Kubarsi, while being able to offer them much higher salaries than their childhood at the club can currently offer.

With Barca and City inextricably linked through Guardiola and other coaches and directors working at both clubs, it remains to be seen whether the two European giants will try to patch things up or distance themselves further through their relationship in the transfer market.

There is a chance they will meet in the Champions League this season, provided Barca manage to qualify from the group for the first time in three years Manchester City.