FernandinhoAfter a training ground argument with Pep over omission from the starting XI vs Arsenal in the FA Cup, Cancelo is being loaned out to Bayern. Cancelo can sign with Munich after his loan expires or go anywhere else. Anywhere else but City. They're done with him.
Less than two years ago Cancelo was heralded as City's "New Talisman", its "unlikely secret weapon," and "the most influential footballer in England." More than anyone else it was The Guardian's superb soccer writer Jonathan Liew who first brought Cancelo to my attention. He could play anywhere in any role: it was "positionless" soccer, like Erik Spoelstra's positionless basketball. Now he's taking his talents to Munich.
Trust in Pep. And I do. Yet, I wonder if more than depth is being lost at City with Cancelo's departure on top of those of Fernandinho, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel DeJesus: indispensable quality, or maybe a whole new way of playing football.
