Joao Cancelo

With both Lucas Hernandez and Noussair Mazraoui set to miss large parts of the campaign with injury/illness, it's a move that makes perfect sense. Except, HOW ...

According to Florian Plettenberg, Cancelo is on his way to Munich for a medical TODAY. Or maybe Benjamin Pavard is up to something (again). The financials of the deal are a mystery. Six months of salary isn’t a lot — hopefully it means that the board has seen the three consecutive draws that team has had in 2023 and decided that the coach needs some help. EXCLUSIVE: Bayern Munich set to sign full-back Joao Cancelo on loan from Manchester City. With both Lucas Hernandez and Noussair Mazraoui set to miss large parts of the campaign with injury/illness, it’s a move that makes perfect sense.

Bayern Munich are closing in on a deal for Manchester City full-back Joao Cancelo, sources have told ESPN.

City remain in the hunt for trophies in the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup. Last season, he made 52 appearances in all competitions and featured in 36 of City's 38 league matches. [Juventus](/soccer/team?id=111) in 2019 and was key to Premier League title wins in 2021 and 2022.

Joao Cancelo is set to make a shock switch from Manchester City to Bayern Munich before the transfer deadline. Why is Pep Guardiola ready to sign off on his ...

His 2020 move to Manchester came a year after he joined Juventus from Valencia, having spent the previous season on loan at Inter. Guardiola’s mentor and former assistant Juanma Lillo was known to have established an excellent rapport with Cancelo during his time in Manchester between 2020 and 2022. Lillo left to coach Qatari side Al Sadd at the end of last season. But one of Guardiola’s hallmarks is to persistently tweak the demands placed upon his fullbacks to solve tactical conundrums. Erling Haaland’s arrival and prolific introduction into English football has been a game-changer for Guardiola in several ways. However, he has only started two league games since the World Cup, where poor form saw him lose his starting place at right-back for Portugal to Diogo Dalot. The Sporting News understands Cancelo himself presented Bayern’s interest to City. He was sent off during a 2-1 win over Fulham in November. On the face of it, Cancelo following Zinchenko through the exit door after a close-season when City failed to sign Marc Cucurella, Guardiola is leaving himself foolishly light in terms of specialist full-backs. Innovative.— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) That particular inverted role is a little restrictive for the attack-minded Cancelo — Oleksandr Zinchenko was more adept in this regard prior to his summer move to Arsenal — and he is not defensively sound enough to play in the back three in the manner of Kyle Walker and Nathan Ake. On the face of it, Cancelo has retained his place as a City regular this season — appearing in 17 and starting 16 of the club’s 20 Premier League matches.

Cancelo is on his way to Bayern Munich are reportedly falling out with Manchester City manager Guardiola.

Brazzo is like a panther. He sees a player beefing with their coach, and immediately pounces on the transfer. First it was Daley Blind at Ajax, and now Joao ...

Man City gave Cancelo the greenlight to leave and the player and his team actually brought forward the offer from Bayern Munich. Bayern have the option to sign him permanently for around 70 million euros. After the game, Pep publicly said that a certain player was “not satisfied” on the team. According to Jack Gaughan of the [Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11692327/Joao-Cancelos-relationship-Pep-Guardiola-DETERIORATED-leading-heated-chats.html) (who originally reported the fee option, by the way) this is down to a serious disagreement between the player and Pep Guardiola in training. Cancelo is said to have “reacted angrily” in training after finding out that he would not make the starting XI. The situation between the two parties had been deteriorating for several months now, with Cancelo vocal about his lack of game time since the World Cup.

Cancelo can play both right-back and left-back, but it appears that this move could be the first step in closing out the career of Benjamin Pavard at Bayern ...

For the short-term, there appears to be enough of a reason for Bayern Munich to take a chance on Cancelo. The Bavarians maintained interest in him even after [his move](https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/2019/12/26/21037506/bayern-munich-contact-manchester-city-joao-cancelo-barcelona-coutinho-premier-league-leroy-sane) to Manchester City as well. Is Matthijs de Ligt facing a [suspension](https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/2023/1/25/23570568/bayern-munich-defender-matthijs-de-ligt-30-day-ban-illegal-salary-payments-juventus-investigation) from his time with [Juventus](https://www.blackwhitereadallover.com)? According to the Jack Gaughan of the Daily Mail, the option to buy could be as much as €70 million: Cancelo can play both right-back and left-back, but it appears that this move could be the first step in closing out the career of Benjamin Pavard at Bayern Munich. As of now, it is believed that it will be a loan arrangement with an option to buy for the Bavarians.

Cancelo is departing City amid speculation over his relationship with Pep Guardiola.

If he has declined it is from the most dizzying of peaks and may be more reflective of a team that has become less of an everyone eats offense, more craftsmen of a smorgasbord of shots to be engorged by Erling Haaland. Since arriving from Juventus in 2019 he has established himself as one of the world's premier left backs on the opposite flank to that where he had spent most of his career beforehand. He was at the vanguard of those reinterpreting the role of fullback, functioning as one of City's primary deep playmakers and a constant threat to shoot from range (last season's mark of 2.26 shots per 90 minutes was higher than Jack Grealish or Bernardo Silva). The implication was clearly that he was less than impressed with the 28-year-old. It was notable that in a recent victory over Chelsea, Guardiola labelled the Portuguese defender as one of the starters that he had picked to give supporters what they wanted. The Portugal international has started just three of City's 10 games since the World Cup and in one of those he found himself hauled off at halftime.

Over the course of four weeks in January, it became increasingly clear to Pep Guardiola that Joao Cancelo had to leave Manchester City.

On Wednesday, it will be one year to the day since Cancelo signed a two-year contract extension at City. [Nathan Ake](https://theathletic.com/football/player/nathan-ake-De0rOaW2Cm5Mw60m/) also belongs to that group and given Cancelo’s application in training over that period he was an obvious candidate to make way. The night before he was attacked in front of his wife and young daughter by four intruders looking to steal jewellery. On the one hand, City’s decision to let their star left-back leave midway through the season, with no replacement lined up — six months after letting Zinchenko depart — clearly leaves them short of options and that may well cost them this season. In hindsight, these examples are similar to a post-match interview in March 2021 when Guardiola said, “The players who help me a lot this season, I will rotate less. The fact that he had lost his place to 18-year-old [John Stones](https://theathletic.com/football/player/john-stones-Qco6BKmHmB44RMjL/) was back in contention after a brief absence and has proved himself one of City’s relatively few solid performers following the World Cup. The Portuguese came back from the World Cup in a funk because he had not played as much as he would have wanted. [Chelsea](https://theathletic.com/football/team/chelsea/) away, January 5 — ‘Cancelo was furious’ Even those close to him do not dispute he is unhappy when left out of games and that he speaks his mind. In fact, just a few months into his time at City he was looking to leave for A move to Bayern was hastily arranged over the weekend.

Joao Cancelo, Manchester City's right-back, is set to join Bayern Munich on loan with an option to purchase for €70 million. The deal is expected to be ...

Their presence has allowed City to be flexible in their formation, which has been a key factor in their strong defensive performances. Manchester City’s take on Joao Cancelo’s transferJoao Cancelo has been a vital player for Pep Guardiola's team since joining from Juventus for £60m in 2019 and has contributed to two Premier League titles. [Premier League](/topic/premier-league)games for Manchester City last season but has seen limited playing time this term due to changes in the team's formation by Pep Guardiola. Regardless of what happens with Cancelo, City's defensive depth remains a strength and a key factor in their success this season. Manchester City's defensive depth has been a major factor in their success this season, with Stones, Dias, Laporte, and Akanji forming a solid backline. The deal includes an option for [Bayern](/topic/bayern)to purchase the full-back at a fee of £61.5 million (€70 million).

Manchester City full-back Joao Cancelo is set to join Bayern Munich on loan until the end of the season; deal includes an option to buy with the German ...

But for a team who won the league playing without a recognised No 9 last season, it's far from their first." The structure of the deal is great as it's a loan. "Pep and Cancelo's relationship had rocky beginnings when he signed from Juventus in 2019, which both have alluded to since things have improved. "So to have a player of Cancelo's quality to come in and play that right-back role is a massive upgrade for Bayern at the moment. "If you look at it, Alphonso Davies is an absolute lock in that left-back position, but do they have a huge amount of cover? With four other senior centre-backs at the club in John Stones, Ruben Dias, Aymeric Laporte and Manuel Akanji, City feel they have plenty of cover.