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Joao Cancelo's move to Bayern Munich is not going as planned after just two months

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Updated 22:00 6 Mar 2023 GMTPublished 21:50 6 Mar 2023 GMT

Joao Cancelo's move to Bayern Munich is not going as planned after just two months

Joao Cancelo signed on loan with the option to buy for a fee of £61 million but the move hasn't been going too well.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Joao Cancelo's move to Bayern Munich is not quite going to plan after he joined on loan from Manchester City.

Despite being one of their key players in back-to-back Premier League title wins, City allowed the Portugal international to join the Bavarians late in the January window after he became unhappy with his lack of game-time.

A detailed report shed light on just how angry Cancelo can be when he is not playing regularly and his omission in the FA Cup win over Arsenal proved to be the final straw.

His switch to Bayern got the green light and was wrapped up swiftly, with the Bundesliga champions having an option to purchase him outright for £61 million.

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He started off on fire, making an instant impact with a stunning assist just 17 minutes into his debut. Cancelo would then set up another goal in his second outing and looked to be getting a new lease of life with Bayern.

Image: Alamy
Image: Alamy

However, fast forward a little bit and Cancelo appears to be in the same position once again. He has played just 12 minutes in Bayern's last two games and will is not in line to start the Champions League round of 16 second leg clash against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday at the Allianz Arena.

Florian Plettenberg of Sky Sport says 22-year-old academy product Josip Stanisic is to be in the starting XI ahead of Cancelo.

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The style of play under Julian Nagelsmann is different to the philosophy he was used to under Pep Guardiola and Bayern also currently play with a back three, with Cancelo seen as a "typical right-back".

Cancelo is said to be sad and frustrated and his facial expressions in training on Sunday would appear to back up that claim.

Quizzed on his departure last month, Guardiola told a press conference "'Next season I don't know what happens. An incredible figure in the last two leagues we won.

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"After the World Cup, we make a pre-season and decided to play, in some patterns different. I like what I watch. I give more time to other players. His personality, mine, he loves to play. He trains the best, the situation he doesn't play much.

"In the last years one of the players with more minutes. He needs to play to be happy, we decide to let him go to Munich."

Featured Image Credit: Alamy & BILD

Topics: Joao Cancelo, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Premier League, Bundesliga

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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