Cancelo

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 reportedly set to leave Manchester City before the January transfer deadline and link up with Bayern Munich on loan.

[The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/man-city-joao-cancelo-bayern-munich-b2271920.html), with the Bundesliga heavyweights having been admirers of Cancelo’s talents for some time. [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/4138015/2023/01/30/joao-cancelo-bayern-munich-manchester-city/) to suggest that a [move to Germany could now be pushed through](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/joao-cancelo-hurtling-towards-possible-man-city-exit/bltb425df918fc68dad). [been a key man for City](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/cancelo-alexander-arnold-james-man-city-premier-league-best-full-back/blt8725da008f75eb8c) in recent times, taking in 36 appearances for the Premier League champions last season while [making the PFA Premier League Team of the Year](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/cancelo-man-city-future-vow-tough-start-england/blt39ee30abacdab455) in each of the last two campaigns.

Manchester City full-back Joao Cancelo is leaving the club to join Bayern Munich on a loan deal with an option to buy and the reason why has been revealed.

Joao Cancelo's "disruptive" conduct at Manchester City and his poor relationship with Pep Guardiola are behind the club's decision to loan him out.

AND WHAT'S MORE: Cancelo was once a key figure for City, but he has fallen out of favour with Guardiola. His relationship with coach Guardiola has been getting worse since the World Cup as the two have had some tense discussions due to the 28-year-old's unhappiness. The Portugal star has been vocal because of his lack of playing time in recent weeks.

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

Joao Cancelo's "disruptive" conduct at Manchester City and his poor relationship with Pep Guardiola are behind the club's decision to loan him out.

AND WHAT'S MORE: Cancelo was once a key figure for City, but he has fallen out of favour with Guardiola. His relationship with coach Guardiola has been getting worse since the World Cup as the two have had some tense discussions due to the 28-year-old's unhappiness. The Portugal star has been vocal because of his lack of playing time in recent weeks.

Fans in South Africa were left surprised and disappointed after Manchester City full-back Joao Cancelo joined Bayern Munich.

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.

The Portuguese international is nearing a shock move to Bayern Munich that will see the full-back join on loan, with the deal set to include an option to ...

Man City defender Joao Cancelo is nearing a loan move to German side Bayern Munich [Follow all the latest transfer news with Sportsmail's deadline day live blog](/sport/live/article-11693039/Deadline-Day-LIVE-Chelsea-aim-Benficas-Enzo-Fernandez-Arsenal-want-Moises-Caicedo.html) [Joao Cancelo](/sport/joao-cancelo/index.html) has made his feelings about Manchester City supporters clear ahead of his shock loan move to Bayern Munich by blocking a number of prominent [The Portuguese international right back is nearing a loan switch to the Bundesliga giants](/sport/football/article-11692239/Man-City-send-Joao-Cancelo-LOAN-Bayern-Munich-shock-move.html), with the deal set to include an option to buy the player for £61.5million. - The Portuguese defender is close to completing a loan move to Bayern Munich

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.

Bayern Munich has bolstered its struggling team with the loan signing of Portugal left back João Cancelo from Manchester City.

Cancelo can play on the left or right, giving Bayern much-needed options after left-sided defender Lucas Hernández injured his knee at the World Cup and right back Noussair Mazraoui has inflamed tissue around his heart following a COVID-19 infection. Cancelo came through Benfica’s youth system before leaving for Valencia, initially on loan, in 2014. He joined City a year later. I’m also driven by the hunger for success.” [struggling so far this year](https://apnews.com/article/sports-soccer-bayern-munich-bundesliga-julian-nagelsmann-4937d8742b87803480ee00d85655e0b7) with three consecutive 1-1 draws against Leipzig, Cologne and Eintracht Frankfurt. “João is a player we’ve been thinking about for a while now because we very much appreciate his qualities.

Joao Cancelo has won major titles with Manchester City, Juventus and Benfica and is Portugal teammates with Cristiano Ronaldo. bundesliga.com takes a closer ...

His first senior appearance came for the then European champions in September 2016 and a 5-0 win against Gibraltar. The then teen made his league debut for Valencia in a 3-0 win against Cordoba. Alongside his compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo, Cancelo lifted the Serie A title in 2019, providing five top-flight assists throughout a season that also brought Supercoppa Italiana honours. He managed to net his first goals in La Liga and the UEFA Champions League, while an experimental position change from Just four months later in May, and with the Eagles already crowned top-flight champions, Cancelo was given his first chance to shine in the Portuguese top flight against Benfica’s big rivals, Porto. However, soon afterwards, his world was rocked by the tragic death of his mother, Filomena, in a car accident in which Joao and his brother were also involved.

Joao Cancelo has completed his loan move from Manchester City to Bayern Munich, with that deal including a €70 million (£62m/$76m) purchase option.

[official website](https://fcbayern.com/en/news/2023/01/fc-bayern-sign-joao-cancelo-on-loan-from-manchester-city) of his excitement after sealing the deadline day move: "FC Bayern is a great club, one of the best in the world, and it’s enormous motivation for me to now play alongside these extraordinary players in a team. We’ve signed him on loan now and have the possibility of signing him permanently in the summer. Cancelo has, however, been allowed to move on after [supposedly suffering a falling out with his demanding Catalan coach in Manchester](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/cancelo-leave-man-city-bayern-munich-loan-favour-guardiola/blt0c94faec976968b0).

Joao Cancelo was angry with Pep Guardiola for sidelining him in Arsenal vs Man City clash yet he was physically fit prior to the match. | Pulselive Kenya.

At the moment, there are no doubts that he will be a starter at Bayern since Benjamin Pavard is unsettled at the club after making it clear that he wants to quit the Bundesliga. His move to Bayern on loan has a buy option clause which means that the German giants can end up making his move permanent if he will end up performing well in the Bundesliga. After the Arsenal match, there was a bust-up between Cancelo and Guardiola, the reason being he is fit yet he was being dropped.

Bayern Munich have signed João Cancelo on loan from Manchester City for the rest of the season with an option to buy the Portugal international for €70m.

“My decision had to do with the playing time that had been little in recent weeks,” he said. Nathan Aké’s impressive displays at left-back and Guardiola’s confidence he has the requisite defensive cover were further reasons the manager allowed the move, even though Cancelo has been a big part of City’s recent success. Cancelo lost his first-team berth and did not feature in the past three matches.

From being one of the most consistent players in the first-team squad to being left on the bench, Joao Cancelo's move to Bayern Munich has come as a ...

According to Lee's sources, Cancelo wasn't paying attention in the meetings or listening to coaches' instructions. Over the next six fixtures, Cancelo was on the bench for four. [Joao Cancelo](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joao-cancelo/profil/spieler/182712)'s return to the Premier League champions after the world cup break would be the start of the breakdown in the relationship between the Portuguese defender and Guardiola. “He is a player who finds it hard to suppress his frustration. At a competitive level, it’s fundamental that you do that. [complacency](https://theathletic.com/4108475/2023/01/19/pep-guardiola-city-tottenham/) being aimed at more than just one player, it seems that Cancelo took that harder than most, with Lee reporting he didn't hold back when talking to his fellow players. That didn't help the situation, with sources close to the team telling Lee and Ballus he was furious with teammates trying to calm him down. The two where he started were both disappointing results away to Southampton in the Carabao Cup and the Manchester derby, with neither performance up to his pre-World Cup standards. [Inter Milan](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/inter-mailand/startseite/verein/46) and Juventus, demanding answers from the staff when he was representing the under-18 and under-19's at [Benfica](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/benfica-lissabon/startseite/verein/294), as his former coach, [Joao Tralhao](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joao-tralhao/profil/trainer/22681), explained to Lee when the 28-year-old moved to the Etihad Stadium. “That’s something that I imagine he has worked on in the last few years, but perhaps that was his Achilles’ heel, the capacity of putting up with frustration and dealing with mistakes,” Ayestaran said back in 2019. “He wanted to know the rules, and most important was that he wanted the rules to always be followed strictly, and if anything wasn’t fair, he went crazy,” Tralhao said. [Sam Lee](https://twitter.com/SamLee) and [Pol Ballús](https://twitter.com/polballus?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) set out the four events which changed Cancelo's status within the squad in their article in [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/4138939/2023/01/31/joao-cancelo-how-man-city-career-came-to-a-sudden-end-with-shock-bayern-munich-move/) whilst also talking to his [former coaches](https://theathletic.com/1120842/2019/08/07/joao-cancelo-at-manchester-city-a-marriage-made-in-heaven-or-ending-in-inevitable-divorce/), who say this situation was waiting to happen.

Joao Cancelo has developed a reputation for being 'like a volcano' when he doesn't play for Manchester City with Pep Guardiola growing tired of the ...

When he's in a bad mood, he's a bad boy. A source told the publication: 'When he's in a good mood, he's excellent. Cancelo had also stopped paying attention in meetings and the coaching group agreed he needed to be moved on - as he prepares to join Bayern Munich on loan Cancelo is known for being 'like a volcano' when he doesn't play and staff felt his behaviour started to affect the group [ reported by Sportsmail on Monday ](/sport/football/article-11692239/Man-City-send-Joao-Cancelo-LOAN-Bayern-Munich-shock-move.html)- is one of the biggest stories of the transfer window and came as a huge shock given his standing as one of the best in his position. Joao Cancelo has developed a reputation for being 'like a volcano' when he doesn't play for Manchester City with Pep Guardiola growing tired of the defender's conduct ahead of his loan switch to Bayern Munich.

Having already signed Daley Blind and Yann Sommer, the Bavarians have revealed one last transfer coup — Joao Cancelo on loan from Manchester City. The ...

With his ability to play both left and right-back, he will be a key signing to bolster Julian Nagelsmann’s squad ahead of the knockout rounds — now only two weeks away. This transfer practically came out of nowhere, with the first rumors coming out yesterday afternoon in Europe. Cancelo has taken the #22 shirt.

Bayern Munich sign Portugal full-back Joao Cancelo on loan from Manchester City with the option to buy for 70m euro (£61.5m) in the summer.

But Pep has plenty of credit in the bank so we'll just have to trust and hope he gets it right. Graymanuk: Sad to see Joao Cancelo move on - he adds something different to Manchester City and can play left and right. I'm convinced Joao will help us in the coming weeks and months where we want to win titles." I know this team lives for titles and it's enormous motivation for me to now play alongside these extraordinary players in a team." VC: Not a Man City fan but could potentially be great business. Aaron: Nobody is bigger than the club. They would consider Cancelo still as their best full-back so this is a real surprise." They only have two recognised full-backs in Lewis and Kyle Walker. However, only 256 minutes have been since domestic football returned after the World Cup, with him taken off at half-time at Chelsea. How has he fallen out of favour? Cancelo has played 1,866 minutes across all competitions this season - 68 more than Manuel Akanji, City's second most-played defender. So why has he been allowed to leave?

Joao Cancelo says a desire to see regular game time, not a falling out with Pep Guardiola, was the reason for his move away from Manchester City.

I really wanted to embark on this new adventure at such a club with such a big history. There was speculation that my relationship with Pep was not the best but the fact is I wanted to play more. There had been suggestions that the 28-year-old was moving on following [a training ground bust-up with City boss Guardiola](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/cancelo-leave-man-city-bayern-munich-loan-favour-guardiola/blt0c94faec976968b0), but the buccaneering full-back insists he is merely heading to Germany after slipping down the pecking order at the Etihad Stadium.

Bayern Munich have signed Portugal wing-back Joao Cancelo on loan until the end of the season from Manchester City, the German club confirmed on Tuesday.

Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic said the club "had been thinking about (Cancelo) for a while" before making its move. The 28-year-old Portuguese defender joined City from Juventus for 65 million euros in 2019 and has a contract with the English champions until 2027. Cancelo, who has scored seven times in 41 appearances for Portugal, arrived in Munich on Monday and [completed a medical on Tuesday](https://www.besoccer.com/new/cancelo-spotted-before-passing-medical-at-bayern-munich-1224537) for a move that could spell the end of France international Benjamin Pavard's time at Bayern.