Joao Canelo has been offered to Inter Milan as Manchester City look to move him on a permanent transfer this summer.
That’s according to Calciomercato, who say the Portuguese defender will be sold this summer and Manchester City are offering him around trying to find a suitor.
They explain that Cancelo is no longer a part of the plans at the Etihad and hasn’t been in Pep Guardiola’s thinking for well over a year, having spent last season on loan at Barcelona following a short loan spell at Bayern Munich.
Barcelona are keen on a permanent deal but their inability to spend money has seen them already turn down an option to do so.
Another loan deal remains a possibility but for now Manchester City want a permanent sale and so are offering him around in the hope of finding a suitor.
That’s seen them offer the player around in Italy, first to Juventus and ‘above all Inter Milan’, via Cancelo’s agent Jorge Mendes.
He wants to take the player back to Serie A but at the moment both clubs are cold on the idea, largely because the defender earns €6m per year, which would be around €10m now that Italian teams cannot use the Growth Decree to their advantage.
That’s too much for any Italian team to pay so a return to Italy seems unlikely for Cancelo right now, meaning Manchester City will need to keep looking for a buyer.
