You would think that with the number of meetings that have already taken place between Manchester City and Juventus regarding Joao Cancelo, something will have been agreed, but no.
The Italians remain insistent they want €60m in cash (briefcase not included) for the Portuguese defender, and the inclusion of Danilo as part of the deal to lower the asking price will not be accepted.
Fabio Paratici, the club’s director of football, has made himself very clear, and, with that in mind, it’s explained yet another lunch/dinner/rendezvous will take place next week to try and hash something out.
Despite the hold ups, Gazzetta dello Sport seem confident something will eventually get done, as they state Cancelo has ‘seriously started packing his bags’, hilariously quipping he will need ‘a few umbrellas’ because did you know it apparently rains a lot in Manchester?
Yes, a bit more water might fall in the north of England than in northern Italy, but not by much.
Climate-Data.org claim the average rainfall in Turin (described as a city with ‘significant rainfall’ where ‘even in the driest month there is a lot of rain’) is 846 mm per year compared to 929 mm in Manchester.
That’s an… *checks calculator* …83 mm difference, which is hardly consequential when it comes to umbrella packing.
Joao Cancelo probably already has a few in his Turin residence, so he’ll just put them in a box and bring them with him.
Glad we’ve cleared that up.
