Man City player’s behavior ‘did not satisfy’ Guardiola – coach ‘immediately talked’ with Txiki about divorce

On deadline day, Manchester City allowed João Cancelo to join Barcelona on a season-long loan deal.

The rightback has 2 goals and an assist in4 games, including1 goal and 1 assist in Barca’s 3-2 win over Celta Vigo on Saturday.

AS says the Manchester City-owned player went from ‘hell to heaven’this weekend, where Barca came back from 2-0 down to claim a 3-2 victory. Cancelo assisted Robert Lewandowski’sequalizer in the 85th minute before scoring the winner four minutes later.

Cancelo’s poor relationship with Pep Guardiola helped the Catalan club lure him away from Manchester City.AS relayed a statement from journalist Oriol Domènech, who gave insight into what happened between the Portugal international and the coach.

In January, Manchester City suffered a 2-1 defeat to Manchester United. Guardiola wasunhappy with the defender’sperformance at Old Trafford and fielded Rico Lewis in the next three matches against Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Arsenal [EFL Cup].

The journalist saidthat Cancelo was clearly unhappy and began to express his disappointment to his teammates when he was left on the bench in the cup match against the Gunners.

Domènech claims this “did not satisfy” Guardiola, who then “immediatelyspoke” to Manchester City’s sporting director, Txiki Begiristain, and their CEO, Ferran Soriano, abouttheremoval Cancelo left the dressing room… and his positionhasn’t changed since then.

Three consecutivematcheswithoutbeing a substitute led to the Portugueseinternational’s’divorce’ with Pep Guardiola.

Before joining Barca, Cancelo spent the second half of last season on loan at Bayern Munich.