Pep Guardiola mentioned Joao Cancelo‘s shock mortgage transfer from Premier League champions Manchester City to Bayern Munich was motivated by the full-back’s need to play extra. The Portugal worldwide this week joined the German facet for the remainder of the season with a view to a everlasting change. There have been stories for the reason that switch was concluded on deadline day that Cancelo had grow to be a disruptive determine within the dressing room after falling out of favour in current weeks.

But Guardiola, whose City facet are 5 factors behind Premier League leaders Arsenal, mentioned the 28-year-old wished common soccer.

“I wish him the best for the rest of the season, these four months. Next season I don’t know what will happen,” he mentioned.

“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.

“He is a man who must play to be completely happy and we determined collectively, all three events, to let him go to Munich. He desires to play each single recreation and hopefully that may occur in Munich.”

Cancelo has won two Premier League titles and two League Cups since joining City from Juventus in 2019, with his ability to play as an extra midfielder once seen as crucial to Guardiola’s side.

Guardiola, whose team travel to Tottenham on Sunday, said City would be without defender John Stones for up to a month after he suffered a hamstring injury in last week’s FA Cup victory over Arsenal.

“It’s three weeks, one month (out),” said Guardiola. “Unfortunately, a variety of video games.”

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