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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Fabrizio Romano and Ed Aarons

Transfer roundup: City’s Cancelo heads to Bayern, Leeds sign McKennie

João Cancelo
João Cancelo has had limited playing time for Manchester City in the past month. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

Bayern Munich are poised to sign João Cancelo on loan from Manchester City with an option to buy for €70m (£61.6m). The Premier League champions sanctioned the move after Cancelo told Pep Guardiola he wanted to leave and the player has arrived in Munich for a medical.

The Portugal international played a big part in City’s title wins of the past two seasons but has been an unused substitute for three of the past five league games and was taken off at half-time in one of the others. In early November, he angered Pep Guardiola with his red card against Fulham and the emergence of Rico Lewis has affected Cancelo’s game time.

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