Barcelona are confident that they will keep their leading player at the club

The saga continues with Barcelona's attempt to buy out the contract of defender João Cancelo, whose rights are owned by Manchester City.

It's no secret that the Catalan club intends to keep the defender at the team for the next season. However, earlier reports in the media suggested that Barcelona wanted to re-loan the player, while Manchester City were considering only a full transfer.

According to new information from Relevo, the Barcelona leadership remains calm about this matter. Laporta and his team are fully confident that they will manage to keep the important player, even though official negotiations between the clubs have not yet started.

After his move from Manchester City, the 29-year-old Portuguese has played 31 matches for Barcelona in all competitions, scoring 3 goals and providing 4 assists.

Barcelona currently sits in third place in La Liga after 28 rounds. Xavi Hernandez's team is one point behind Girona, who are in second place.