Heading into this week’s Champions League showdown with French champions Paris Saint-Germain, Joao Cancelo might be sitting reflecting on what has gone wrong for him over recent seasons.
It is only 18 months since the Portuguese was named in the PFA Team of the Season following a stunning season for Manchester City. After scoring three goals and notching ten assists from right-back in all competitions that season, the former Juventus man was rightly considered among the best defenders in world football.
Since then, he has fallen out of contention at the Etihad Stadium - rumours of a bust-up with Pep Guardiola rearing their head - and has been jettisoned on-loan to Bayern Munich. Speaking at the time, the Portuguese defender said: "It's a lie that I had a fight with Guardiola, a complete lie. I didn't feel important to the team in recent games.
