Bayern signs João Cancelo on loan from Manchester City
MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich bolstered its struggling workforce with the mortgage signing of Portugal left again João Cancelo from Manchester City on Tuesday, the final day of the switch interval.
The 28-year-old Cancelo joined “on an initial deal through to the end of the current season,” Bayern mentioned. The German membership has the choice to make the switch everlasting for a payment of €70 million (US$76 million).
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Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann mentioned the deal was “very spontaneous” and got here collectively after Bayern’s final sport Saturday.
“(Bayern sporting director) Hasan Salihamidžić mentioned now we have an opportunity. Then I mentioned: ‘We’re doing it,’” Nagelsmann mentioned.
Cancelo may doubtlessly make his Bayern debut Wednesday towards Mainz within the German Cup, Nagelsmann added, however that hasn’t but been determined.
Cancelo, who scored 5 objectives and arrange 11 extra in 98 Premier League video games for City, will give Bayern extra safety in defence and an added attacking risk forward of a Champions League match towards Paris Saint-Germain subsequent month.
“João is a player we’ve been thinking about for a while now because we very much appreciate his qualities. He’s the optimal fit in our system with his attacking style of play and dynamism, and his mentality and experience fit very well in our team,” Salihamidžić mentioned.
Cancelo can play on the left or proper, giving Bayern much-needed choices after left-sided defender Lucas Hernández injured his knee on the World Cup and proper again Noussair Mazraoui has infected tissue round his coronary heart following a COVID-19 an infection. Bayern signed free agent Daley Blind as cowl this month however he has but to play, whereas Benjamin Pavard’s kind at proper again has been combined as effectively.
Bayern has been struggling thus far this yr with three consecutive 1-1 attracts towards Leipzig, Cologne and Eintracht Frankfurt. The workforce’s Bundesliga lead has shrunk from 4 factors earlier than the winter break to 1. Union Berlin, Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund are all inside three factors.
“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,” Cancelo was quoted as saying by Bayern. “I know that this club, this team lives for titles and wins titles every year. I’m also driven by the hunger for success.”
Cancelo, thought of among the finest left backs within the Premier League, had misplaced his beginning place at City to Nathan Aké for the reason that World Cup, the place he additionally dropped out of Portugal’s beginning lineup after the group stage. He was beforehand one in every of City’s most necessary gamers as a artistic fullback who typically moved into midfield throughout matches.
City supervisor Pep Guardiola, who beforehand coached Bayern, has most popular Aké, usually a centre again, at left again for the reason that World Cup.
Cancelo got here via Benfica’s youth system earlier than leaving for Valencia, initially on mortgage, in 2014. He later joined Inter Milan on mortgage earlier than switching to Italian rival Juventus in 2018. He joined City a yr later.
Last yr, Cancelo prolonged his contract at City to 2027.
Cancelo has seven objectives in 41 appearances for Portugal.
