{"id":72170,"date":"2026-08-18T15:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/72170\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:06:12","slug":"barcelonas-official-announcement-of-key-transfer-to-be-delayed-by-2-3-days-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/72170\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona&#8217;s official announcement of key transfer to be delayed by 2-3 days &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been an exciting week for Barcelona fans, with the club set to complete deals to sign two key players in Joao Cancelo and Rodri.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While much of the focus has been on Rodri, who will likely be unveiled during the Joan Gamper trophy game against Al Ahly, Cancelo, too, has <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/joao-cancelos-first-words-after-arriving-in-barcelona-ahead-of-transfer-im-where-i-wanted-to-be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">arrived in the city.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Portuguese international is elated to have finally returned to Barcelona, but his move has not been made official yet.<\/p>\n<p>Cancelo announcement to be delayed<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/victor_nahe\/status\/2089687457436434806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Victor Navarro<\/a>, Barcelona is not expected to officiate the Cancelo deal just yet. The announcement could be delayed by up to two to three days.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/portugal-v-spain-round-of-16-fifa-world-cup-2026-5-1-1024x749.jpg\" alt=\"Joao Cancelo, Portugal and Al-Hilal player\" class=\"wp-image-206248\"  \/>Cancelo\u2019s announcement will take some time. (Photo by Molly Darlington\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is unclear as to why exactly the Cancelo announcement is taking time, even though the player has already arrived in the city and has signed with Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is plausible that final details are yet to be completed between Barcelona and Al Hilal. Not to mention, the club will be busy <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelonas-plan-for-the-signing-and-presentation-of-man-city-heavyweight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">preparing for the big Rodri reveal<\/a> during the Joan Gamper trophy match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cancelo, for his part, has moved heaven and earth to join Barcelona, notably <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-target-gives-up-a-huge-chunk-of-salary-to-fast-track-move-to-camp-nou\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">foregoing the salary <\/a>he was due during the remainder of his contract at Al Hilal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former Juventus star is keen on playing for Barcelona again and it showed throughout the club\u2019s pursuit of the player. <\/p>\n<p>Will Cancelo play in Joan Gamper trophy?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784463678_325_portugal-v-spain-round-of-16-fifa-world-cup-2026-12-1024x705.jpg\" alt=\"Joao Cancelo, Portugal player\" class=\"wp-image-204979\"  \/>Cancelo should be fit for the season opener. (Photo by Lars Baron\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The delay in announcement means Barcelona won\u2019t be able to count on the services of Joao Cancelo during the Joan Gamper trophy match against Al Ahly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, it must be noted that the Catalans are also unlikely to feature Rodri. The Spanish international will only unveiled in the match but he won\u2019t necessarily play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Cancelo and Rodri are expected to be fit for Barcelona\u2019s season opener against Elche on August 23. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will be interesting to see if Cancelo gets the right away, ahead of Alejandro Balde, whose form during the pre-season left a lot to be desired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been an exciting week for Barcelona fans, with the club set to complete deals to sign&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,223,937],"class_list":["post-72170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-joao-cancelo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}