Deco believes Barca made mistake by ruling out one transfer target (reliability: 5 stars)

Deco believes Barcelona have made a mistake by ruling out the signing of Ivan Fresneda, reports Diario Sport's Lluis Miguelsanz.

All Barca scouts supported the idea of landing the 18-year-old. Deco himself was convinced in the player's qualities. However, the board preferred to go for Joao Cancelo instead.

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Barcelona even made an offer for Fresneda. Still, Xavi insisted on halting the negotiations to focus on signing Cancelo. The Portuguese has been Xavi's priority target for several weeks now.

Barca are expected to finalise Joao Cancelo's move in the coming days. As for Fresneda, the youngster is likely to join Chelsea who will loan him out for a season – something Deco wanted to do at Blaugrana.