The future of the Portuguese player at Bayern will depend on the decision of coach Thomas Tuchel.
According to to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Bayern Munich certainly does not activate the clause to buy Joao Cancelo from Manchester City for 70 million euros after the 2022/23 season ends.
Shortly, the Allianz Arena club will talk with the new captain Thomas Tuchel about Cancelo. If the German military leader wants to have the 1994 defender in the squad, then Bayern will resume negotiations with Man City.
The Bayern leadership is said to be dissatisfied with Cancelo, both in terms of expertise and attitude. The former Inter player had difficulty integrating with his teammates at the Allianz Arena and often expressed his attitude when he was not in the main game. Videos circulating on social media show Cancelo often isolated during training sessions of the Bavarian team.
In the first match under coach Tuchel, Cancelo was only used for 12 minutes when facing Dortmund.
Cancelo left Man City in the early 2023 transfer window due to a c/o/n/f/l/i/c/t with coach Pep Guardiola. The 28-year-old star was dissatisfied with not being able to play in important matches and was immediately removed from the plan at the Etihad Stadium.
When he arrived at Bayern, Cancelo continued to be suspected of being among a group of players dissatisfied with coach Julian Nagelsmann, alongside Serge Gnabry, Leroy Sane, Jamal Musiala, and Sadio Mane.
Arsenal and Man City may have to play play-offs to compete for the title
The Gunners held on to the top of the table with eight points more when they won 4-1 over Leeds, responding to Man City’s 4-1 win over Liverpool in the early game. However, Pep Guardiola’s army still has a match in hand and a c/o/n/f/r/o/n/t/a/t/i/o/n with Arsenal at the end of this month.
Man City feel they can catch up with Arsenal – a team that has not won a championship in 19 years. And there is even the possibility of a play-off to decide the champion.
Premier League rules state that the title is decided by points, then goal difference, and then goals scored. At this time, Arsenal has an advantage over Man City in terms of points but is inferior in goal difference and several goals scored.
If all of these are equal, head-to-head matches count, including away goals scored in head-to-head matches.
Therefore, a play-off would only appear if Arsenal score three goals in their win over Man City at the Etihad later this month – and then still drop enough points for the defending champions Man City to finish in a tie. point.
This is an extremely unlikely sequence of events, but it is still a possible scenario on May 28.
However, Arsenal is not looking to lose a few games between now and the end of the season. Mikel Arteta’s side is on a seven-game winning streak since City b/e/a/t them 3-1 at the Emirates in February. During the same period, City’s only loss of points came shortly after their win over Arsenal, when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Nottingham.
Guardiola knows the match in which Haaland will return
Specifically, the Spaniard shared frankly in front of the media: “Haaland is getting better. Haaland feels a little better now than before. There are five more days until the match. Southampton, so hopefully he can still help us as he has done all season.”
Haaland has scored 42 goals so far this season, so it is clear that without him, Man City will have difficulty in the journey to conquer the “triple” this season when representing the country. He also competed in the English Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League.
Man City is currently ranked 2nd in the English Premier League, 8 points behind the top team Arsenal but has played less than 1 match. In addition, the Blue Man still has a c/o/n/f/r/o/n/t/a/t/i/o/n with the Gunners at Etihad at the end of April. The championship chance is still with the blue half of Manchester.
