{"id":90460,"date":"2023-06-21T22:10:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T21:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/transfer-we-didnt-care-if-he-wanted-to-join-man-united-guardiola-on-man-city-star"},"modified":"2023-06-22T00:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T23:35:21","slug":"transfer-we-didnt-care-if-he-wanted-to-join-man-united-guardiola-on-man-city-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/transfer-we-didnt-care-if-he-wanted-to-join-man-united-guardiola-on-man-city-star","title":{"rendered":"Transfer: We didn\u2019t care if he wanted to join Man United \u2013 Guardiola on Man City star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola, has stated that the club wouldn\u2019t have cared even if fullback Joao Cancelo had joined Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola said the club were not concerned about Cancelo\u2019s next destination as long as he left the Etihad Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Cancelo joined Bayern Munich in the winter window on a loan deal with an option to buy for \u20ac70 million.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Bundesliga champions have not taken up the option, and that has left him searching for a new club this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Spanish media, Guardiola said (via Euro ES Euro): \u201cI think they have informed him very badly. He is far from reality. The reality was that we decided that he had to leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t care where he was going, even if he wanted to go to United, which is our rival. There is his agent and the clubs they agree. I won\u2019t say that they deceived him but that they misinformed him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the future of Cancelo at Manchester City, Guardiola added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a matter of Txiki [Begiristain, Sporting Director], of City, of his representative and of the club that loves him. I have no idea [why he didn\u2019t sign for Barcelona]. We didn\u2019t get any offers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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