Barcelona prioritising the registration of Cancelo and two more players before August 30

With Manchester City and Barcelona ironing out the final details of the operation, Joao Cancelo is expected to move to Catalonia on a loan deal this week.

There is already an agreement in principle between the two clubs and they are now just taking care of the finer aspects of the deal before officially announcing the Portuguese international’s switch.

Barcelona make registrations a priority

As such, with Cancelo’s arrival now believed to be imminent, Barcelona have made it their priority to register the right-back and two more players – Marcos Alonso and Inaki Pena – before August 30.

This report comes from SPORT, who claim that none of the aforementioned trio is expected to be registered in time for the game against Villarreal next weekend.

As such, the target is for all three stars to be registered and be available for selection in time for the contest against CA Osasuna on September 3.

Barça registered their key players like Ronald Araujo, Ilkay Gundogan, Oriol Romeu, Ez Abde, and Sergi Roberto in time for the start of the season.

However, Alonso, Pena, and Inigo Martinez are still unregistered, while Cancelo would also join that list once he arrives.

The Blaugrana believe that they will be able to take care of the matter once they receive the payment from German investors Libero for the sale of stakes in Barça Vision, which will arrive towards the end of the month.

Apart from that, Barcelona are also working on the departure of Clement Lenglet, as getting his wages off the books would free up a significant salary margin.

Either way, the idea is for Cancelo’s signing to be completed by the end of this week and ensure his registration, along with that of Alonso and Pena, and even Martinez possibly, before August 30.