Manchester Metropolis defender Joao Cancelo is reportedly set to hitch European giants Bayern Munich on mortgage with a view to a everlasting transfer. The Portuguese right-back has discovered sport time restricted this season on the Etihad.
The Athletic reviews that Cancelo, 28, is heading to the Allianz Enviornment. The Bavarians are long-term admirers. He has been displaced in Pep Guardiola’s beginning lineup this season, that includes 26 occasions, scoring twice and offering 5 assists. Nonetheless, he has been an unused substitute in Metropolis’s final three video games.
Guardiola has most well-liked to make use of academy graduate Rico Lewis, Kyle Walker, Nathan Ake and John Stones at full-back somewhat than Cancelo. That is regardless of the Portuguese coming off a 2021-22 season, the place he was named within the PFA Premier League Workforce of the Yr. There are query marks over why Manchester Metropolis are keen to permit the Portugal worldwide to go away.
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Cancelo arrived on the Etihad from Juventus in 2019 for £27 million, with Danilo heading in the other way. The fitting-back has since made 154 appearances for the Cityzens, scoring 9 objectives and offering 22 assists. His contract with Metropolis runs until 2027.
He joins a Bayern Munich aspect experiencing a dip in type, drawing their final three video games. Only a level separates them from Union Berlin, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund, and Freiburg on the Bundesliga summit. Cancelo could also be accessible to play in Julian Nagelsmann’s aspect’s subsequent fixture on Wednesday (February 1), a last-16 encounter with Mainz within the DFB-Pokal.
Manchester Metropolis’s Walker attracts curiosity from Fenerbahce
One other defender linked with a departure from Manchester Metropolis is full-back Walker. Like Cancelo, he has additionally fallen down the pecking order on the Etihad this season. Lewis, 18, has displaced him at right-back. Walker’s contract with Guardiola’s aspect expires in 2024.
In accordance with Turkish outlet A Spor, Fenerbahce are eager on signing Walker and look to benefit from his contractual scenario and age (32). The charge being touted to prise him away from Metropolis is round €6-7 million.
He has featured 14 occasions throughout competitions this season, contributing one help and serving to his aspect preserve six clear sheets. Walker has been at Manchester Metropolis since 2017, arriving from Tottenham Hotspur for £45 million.
Walker has huge expertise as a longtime England worldwide, racking up 73 worldwide caps. He has additionally received the Premier League 4 occasions with Guardiola’s aspect.
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