Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has explained why full-back Joao Cancelo was allowed to join Bayern Munich this week.
Reports in England claim that Guardiola and Cancelo had a falling in recent weeks over the player's game time recently.
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Guardiola reveals that Cancelo wanted to leave get more regular minutes, after the young Rico Lewis has enjoyed a lot of minutes at the right-back position.
"First I wish him the very best in his four months [on loan]. Next season I don't know what happens," Guardiola told reports, as per Mirror.
"An incredible figure in the last two leagues we won. After the World Cup, we make a pre-season and decided to play, in some patterns different. I like what I watch. I give more time to other players.
"His personality, mine, he loves to play. He trains the best, the situation he doesn't play much. In the last years one of the players with more minutes.
"He needs to play to be happy, we decide to let him go to Munich. He wants to play every single game and hopefully he can in Munich."
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