With Cancelo, Mané becomes clear
“Joao is not a back three player”
Joao Cancelo shows a strong reaction to being a reserve player in the past few weeks in his comeback in the Bayern starting eleven once morest Augsburg. In an interview with SPORT1, Sadio Mané advocates a permanent commitment. As of today, however, that is unlikely.
No premier class hangover at FC Bayern – certainly not with Joao Cancelo!
The winter newcomer shone at the 5:3 home win once morest FC Augsburg with a goal and an assist, but also a lot of good ideas and committed duel behavior.
An impressive performance, following he had already scored points on Wednesday when he entered the Champions League quarter-finals once morest Paris Saint-Germain (2-0) and showed a strong reaction to his 90-minute bench seat on the previous league matchday in Stuttgart also teammate Sadio Mané.
“What a player! Today you can see once more that Joao is one of the best in the world. So good, really, we’re very happy that he’s playing for us,” enthused Mané in an interview in the catacombs of the Allianz Arena SPORTS1.
Great praise from Salihamidzic
A perfect followingnoon for Cancelo! Coach Julian Nagelsmann (“A great goal and a great assist”) and sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic (“It was really fun to watch him”) joined in the hymn of praise. (Nagelsmann reveals Cancelo conversation)
Salihamidzic particularly emphasized the 28-year-old’s eagerness to work in the past few days of training. After more difficult weeks, Cancelo regained “this desire, this greed”. And anyway: There is “hardly any player in Europe who is so good in a small space,” emphasized the Bayern boss. (DATA: The table of the Bundesliga)
Shouldn’t you keep such a player for the long term? “I would like to see him with us once more next season,” Mané said of the Portuguese, who was on loan from Manchester City until June 30. “That’s exactly the type of player we need, for sure!”
After SPORTS1information, the tendency of those responsible is not in the direction of a fixed cancellation obligation.
Purchase option for Bayern clearly too high
The reason for this is obvious: the purchase option of 70 million euros is clearly too high for them. If City are not willing to lower the price for Cancelo, everything boils down to a short-term cooperation – especially since the player would also have to want to stay. In his opinion, he needs one thing above all for this: a lot of match practice. (NEWS: All current information regarding the Bundesliga)
The short-term frustration over his recent reservist existence may be ticked off. Nevertheless, Cancelo must expect to be on the bench once more in the coming games.
Because: Nagelsmann only sees him as a player for the right or left track in his current and future system with the back three. Both are normally earmarked for Alphonso Davies and Kingsley Coman, who was rested once morest Augsburg.
The Cancelo Dilemma! The full-back, who is under contract in Manchester until 2027, makes himself how SPORTS1 learned, no concrete thoughts regarding his future. In addition to the topic of match practice, he mainly decided to go on loan to Bayern because he sees good chances of winning the Champions League with them this season.
And he definitely wants to achieve this goal! Everything else doesn’t matter to him – for now.