Pep Guardiola relaxed about Joao Cancelo's Man City exit
Pep Guardiola has no cause for concern about full-back Joao Cancelo leaving Manchester City on loan for the remainder of the season.
Pep Guardiola is comfortable with the decision to allow Joao Cancelo to leave Manchester City.
The Portuguese full-back has joined Bayern Munich on loan for the rest of the season and the coach is content with the player's exit, even though City have been left light defensively.
Guardiola said: "First I wish him the best for the rest of the season. Next season I don't know what will happen. He has been an incredible figure in the last two Premier Leagues we won. After the World Cup, we made a pre-season and started to play in a different way in some patterns. I liked what I watched and I decided to give more time to players who I saw on the pitch who liked it.
"Everyone has their own personality and he loves to play and is one of the players who trains the best. In this situation he didn’t play much in the last two or three games. We cannot say he didn’t play much because in the last years he was one of the players with the most minutes by far. He is a guy who needs to play to be happy and we decided together, all three parts, to let him go to Munich. He wants to play every single game and hopefully that can happen in Munich."
There had been suggestions of a row between Guardiola and Cancelo but the City manager doesn't have "one bad word" to say about the player.
The Spanish coach said: "Bayern Munich wanted him because he’s beyond an exceptional player. I won’t say one bad word about him. I think his work ethic, love for football, passion, his quality and skills… what can I say? Everyone knows it."
