Joao Cancelo, an on-loan Manchester City defender, has resumed football activities after a ‘precautionary’ layoff.
The versatile full-back is now on international duty with Portugal, having withdrawn from Barcelona’s most recent La Liga match owing to personal issues that were not mentioned at the time.
While there had been some anxiety about Cancelo’s exclusion from Xavi’s matchday squad in the Spanish capital, those concerns have been alleviated this week, despite the evident grief caused to the City defender personally.
This week, reports in the media detailed the entire procedure that saw Manchester City’s on-loan defender pulled on medical concerns but later reinstated when the appropriate exams were completed.
According to RAC1 information, which was translated and transmitted by Sport Witness, Joao Cancelo was taken out of Barcelona’s La Liga match against Atletico Madrid earlier this week ‘as a precaution’ owing to recent’medical advice’.
It has been stated that a relative of the Portugal international ‘has a cardiac problem’, and Barcelona medical professionals have concluded that tests will be required before Cancelo can resume football activities.
The Catalan side apparently ‘wanted to rule out’ the potential that the disease was ‘hereditary’, in case it affected Joao Cancelo in the near or distant future, particularly during his professional playing career.
Since the cautious measures taken with Joao Cancelo, Fabrizio Romano has revealed that the Portugal international has received the all-clear to return to the field of play, which will be a huge comfort to everyone involved.
Manchester City will make their own judgments on Joao Cancelo during the forthcoming summer transfer window, when the out-of-favour defender is expected to return to the City Football Academy after a 12-month loan in Catalunya.
Barcelona is sure to want to make their interim deal permanent in the coming months, but they must match Manchester City’s expectations for the player while fending off competition from across Europe and Saudi Arabia.