Barcelona tried to land Nahuel Molina instead of Cancelo

Barcelona needed a right-back to bolster their squad and they got one in Joao Cancelo. However, the Portuguese was not the first choice, Nahuel Molina was.

'Marca' explained that the Catalan side, despite being aware of the importance of the Argentina international in Simeone's plans, asked for the Atletico Madrid full-back in the final stretch of the market.

As paying the termination clause was not in Barcelona's plans - it is 90 million euros - the 'Cules' approached Andrea Berta to reach an agreement for a swap deal.

However, Atletico Madrid ignored the Catalan giant's proposal and rejected it immediately, which made Barcelona move in search of another right-back.

Finally, Joao Cancelo, who was not in Pep Guardiola's plans for this season and who did not live up to expectations at Bayern Munich last season, joined Xavi Hernandez's side on the Deadline Day.