Cancelo sends message to Manchester City and reveals whether he wants permanent move to Barcelona

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Barcelona loanee Joao Cancelo has revealed what he thinks about Man City and the people there.

The Portuguese after completing a loan move from City to the Spanish Champions, seems to be delighted with his start with the Catalans.

Cancelo had however made it clear he wants to remain at Barcelona.

Revealed by Mundo Deportivo, Cancelo said: “It’s risky, but my life has always been a risk. I’m like that in my social life too. I have to thank everyone at City, there I experienced the best moments of my career And this is thanks to my teammates, to Pep Guardiola, to the technical staff, a very good and very united group.

 “For me they are the best team in the world. It was a risk to come to Barcelona, but when the opportunity to play presents itself in Barça you have to take it.

“Barcelona is the club where I have always wanted to be, it is the club of my dreams after playing in my childhood team which is Benfica. I am very happy to be here, really enjoyed these three matches, I have teammates who are helping me to adapt as quickly as possible, which is important. I play with great footballers, this also makes everything much easier for me.

“My family and all my friends know that I wanted to play here for a long time, it’s a club that has always excited me because my idols played here. Now I want to show people the player am, Lately I haven’t played as I would have liked and I want to do my best to help this club to get back to where it deserves to be.

“What I want is to do well, win titles with this club, be an important player in the team. Then we will decide whether I will stay or not. It will depend on the club, on what I do. In the end they evaluate you based on your performance.”