His fall is neither weird nor rapid. People are just uninformed. When Cancelo joined City, Sam Lee wrote a very extensive article on Cancelo (including interviews with former coaches etc). He spoke about Cancelo's issues: very emotional and impulsive, prone to "exploding", moody, goes crazy when he doesn't play or even just doesn't play in his preferred position, completely loses any resemblance of confidence and drops one stinker after another after making one big mistake etc. Sam Lee literally talked about everything that happened in the 22/23 season...four years before it happened. Bc it happened before. Some people just have issues. And that's that.
and interview with Bernardo Silva in 2022 , even Bernardo sayin 7:35 Too Much Honest 7:40 Stupid sometimes , for being to much honest 7:47 Too Much Transparanted i mean he cant compressed his ego to hide his disappointment th-cam.com/video/xC_Fc2qq-S0/w-d-xo.html
He essentially self-destructed. I believe him and Foden had an argument about his dreadful mistake against Liverpool when Salah spun him on the halfway line and scored which led to us losing 1-0 and everything else proceeded from that. He then got taken out the team in favour of Ake and then threw his toys out the pram instead of acknowledging his mistake and trying to improve. His ego got the better of him.
Exactly I was a defender of him (The irony the man himself can't defend to save his life 😭) despite all those errors he keep making he is essentially another trent alexander arnold a wing back who excels in attack but doesn't know/understand when to fall back and defend. Everything can be forgivable but what isn't is falling out with the great pep, I can't defend a person who can't respect arguably the best manager in footballing history. That was last straw and I wanted him gone after that whole event surfaced and I am glad he is now gone permanently I generally wish every player best when they leave City did for ferran torres, julian alvarez even Calvin Phillips but not this guy.
As a Barça fan my main problem with Cancelo is his lack of tactical awareness.. and his lapses defensively. Last season he cost us in the UCL when he couldve been a lot more calm. He is also one of those players that thinks they HAVE to play every minute of every game so he can eventually cause a stir if things dont go his way
I didn't see that at all. He always played exactly where Xavi wanted him (unfortunately) and was one of the few smart (offensive) players on the pitch, seeing the whole picture of where his teammates were positioned. I guess we won't hear much from him until the World Cup.
Dont ever compare the legend Alba with Cancelo that's stupiiid. Balde now back from injury and he is way better than cancelo. Also kounde. He is the worst fullback defensively i ve seen in recent years@@ahmadfawazhussein7589
Respectfully cancelo was one of barcas best players. He had nothing todo with the UCL issue. That was your CB which gundo spoke on. The main issue Barca didn’t sign him is because they can’t afford him otherwise they would have
yep, it's good team management. Especially for a manager like Pep who likes to switch up things, and might want to change the system at some point and bench a player because of it. You need committed professionals who won't throw a fit if they don't start every match. And a club like City aren't desperate to keep a single player, so better let him leave and get a replacement instead
@@ronmastrio2798when cancelo was loaned out he was replaced by an academy player and a center back no replacement was signed. You can’t keep every player happy just don’t negotiate with terroist. Managers aren’t meant to be people pleasers if you don’t want to fight for the shirt you’re dismissed simple
I think one of the biggest problem with player like cancelo or even neymar is that their are just a limited number of teams in europe that can offer them a similar salary as they are earning when they reach peak, once they leave these clubs most of the other big european clubs don't want them as football is a fast moving game why pay high wages for a player who is most likely past their prime or just too expensive or just not required , this leaves these player with two options take huge paycuts to play for clubs just below the top or go to saudi and get even higer wages, which is not a difficult option for players who already have achieved most of the european trophies
the problem was this happened when cancelo was 28 still in his prime multiple world class teams had the chance to get him at a low price and he was offering to cut his wages damn near in half, the fact that bayern one of the best run club in the world didn’t even try to get him at a reduced price even a year after the loan says everything, his attitude is terrible and every club knows it, the biggest reason cancelo and pep fell out wasn’t minutes he was in the top 5 in city for minutes when he left, it wasn’t cause when pep rightly benched him do to his form he refused to accept his mistakes he literally went to the media after getting benched for 2 games!! despite the love pep had and all he did for him, cancelo still stabbed pep in the back and made lies in the media about why he wanted to go, great footballer but a shit personality.
@@joey7184 Bingo well summarized and a perfect description of his character. We can defend his faults ( atrocious defensively) as City fans but what we can't defend is this guy's attitude and the audacity to fight Pep how naive can you be to fight Pep.
It's not just the wages. Clubs refuse to let their assets leave unless a big transfer fee is paid. If the player is completely useless, let the player leave for no transfer fee and I expect a lot of these players would get a a contract where the player gets similar money if signing bonus and wages are added. Sadly Chelsea and Saudi Arabia exist giving stubborn clubs what they want so it stays as it is.
He still didn't do much that season except contributing in the group stage, after that season he just was poor at deffending and wanted high wages and ofc clubs like Barcelona wouldn't be able to do anything with him so his only 2 options were to demand lower wages and a big club or high wages and a Saudi league shit league and ofc he chose the 2nd option
Don't forget that's how European clubs became so big by giving big bucks to brazilian and Argentinian talents and poaching them from their home country. @@lobanoubm4234.
Honestly every club didn’t want him. He was forced out of every club from Benfica to his last move. I think there must be a side of him we don’t know. Maybe he really is a vampire or just is hard to work with
I don’t think he likes being left behind in any situation. He needs counselling, his mother died suddenly when he was a child in a car crash. Maybe he needs to speak to someone about that,I don’t know.
Inter really wanted to keep him iirc. But they couldn't afford him back then and they were probably not that attractive for him with their title wins coming only a few years later.
He’s really egotistical. City fans hate him for this. He was on the bench for a few games because of numerous errors and instead of being a professional and working harder he fell out with Pep and degraded the locker room atmosphere
@@Parth-gx1nw he was on loan at Inter for a season actually. But they didn't play 3-5-2 back then and they couldn't afford to make his move permanent. That's when Juve bought him instead.
at barca his attacking output NEVER made up for his constant errors in defence. never. he can not defend at a high level, perfect for the saudi league.
I feel like if he was moved a bit forward when he was younger and developed his finishing to make him an effective wide midfielder. He has all the talent in the world with it at his feet and in transition.
@@Rolandinho819 well i don't, i would rather have cancelo instead of the terrible balde who never had this insane talent people were saying and now he is playing even worse... he is the one that fits this discription ''balde attacks but don't defend''
He is a great player for us who play fantasy premier league. Constant assist are making. There are times when i have 3 defender = Trent, Cancelo & Reece James (the season when he fully fit) => all 3 of them give me constant point of assist almost every week
one of the biggest reasons pep dropped him was his form defensively was terrible constantly walking back when he lost the ball and making stupid decisions while defending, the biggest one being diving into a slide tackle on salah when he was the last man on defense completely missing him leaving him acres of open space and he scored obviously, if he was making brain dead choices on defense against probably the greatest rw in premier league history imagine what he was doing against crystal palace, world class going forward but it was insane to see a professional defender who was terrible at defending even Marcelo made an effort to on to get back on defense when the team lost the ball and was good on a one on one level. A defender should be good at defending period.
I agree mate and people never give Ake enough credit. Ake got thrown in at LB which wasn’t his strongest position and he excelled and allowed us to win the treble with his defensive attributes compared to cancelo. We didn’t really have another player who could play that odd LB role pep created for ake not even laporte could really do it well enough. Ake stepping up allowed pep to create the refreshed system that made us so dominant and ultimately win the treble.
Great watch as always 🫡👊🏿. It's a shame he threw his toys out the pram. The City move had worked for him. But once he got on Pep's bad side it was a wrap coz he was then refusing to reduce his salary to take up another role across Europe so all roads led to getting the bag in Saudi/Qatar/MLS etc Back when he was at Valencia i figured he would have stayed there for a long time like Jose Gaya did but then he went galavanting across Europe eventually up until he had found a home at City.
I don't think it's so much as a fall, but a decision to go for the money and easier competition. He clearly had the abilities to stay in the top leagues, he just is too stubborn, in my opinion.
30yo already.. he is finished not every player make it at that age. its now or never. I would go also if I were him.. Same for Ivon tony he just went now. cuz he is 29.
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I was happy to see him at Barça, one of the few bright lights while he was there. I watched him closely during games. He always did what Xavi asked him to do (hug the touchline) but the team overall was so poor that his talents were mostly wasted. He would have thrived in this new dynamic Flick system, a joy to watch. I'm sure the main reason he wasn't asked back was financial (Barça is in shambles). Hopefully he'll enjoy his football in SA.
Honestly I watched every min of him . He helped us with passion and I would give him a contract . How many full backs has our clown management has spent on the last 10 years . Cancelo gives you a feeling he will create offensive play with flair. Now defence isn’t that great but with the toothbrush’s we have in out mid cannot help cancelo bcz he’s too high up. Bro dani has plenty of issues as well . Underrated. Idc bout his ego . He plays ball and with passion
He actually did not modernize anything. He was just a fullback that sucks at defending, while could be great moving forward and following as little tactical instructions as he can.
This is a great piece of work, my only criticism would be that a lot is being put on the player. João is explosive in nature but so are a lot of people and especially his countryman Ron, but we also need to discuss how Pep's style is very straining on individuals and that's why he spends so much on defenders every year at City. Pep has a history of "backdooring" players, as Yaya Toure, Zlatan, Sterling and numerous others. I think he's just as emotional as the players and he throws silent tantrums when things don't go his way, both things can be true.
He's just one of the players you sign in Football Manager, but after seeing the personality, and the way he reacts in talks, you know you're gonna have to sell him sooner or later for those reasons. I ran into such issues a lot because I essentially always have a surplus of players due to eventually only signing wonderkids, and a whole lot of them, plus also I like to rotate constantly, so it's easy to imagine a real world analogy here
Bang on, loved him on the field, but the attitude was not great. Met him after 5-0 arsenal in aug 2021 and he rushed home and almost ran me over. To my surprise i went to see the driver and it was him n he didn’t want to give me a picture despite waving at me in a dismissive manner. Regardless, this channel is great first watched when you made that analysis on ruben dias coming to city!! And what a player he turned out to be. Maybe a future video looking back at him the vs now?
Don't know all the details but I can chalk a good amount of his up to age, considering his dominant years were characterised by speed and power being traits he had in spades.
in the Barcelona segment you mentioned if it would be better to play cancelo as a winger ironically xavi did try that and it failed miserably i believe it was in el classico
i have this opinion that ricardo pereira was and would have been better then joao cancelo if he havent had those injuries, better defensively in tackles and slides also and in the attack he was super fast talented and great last pass decision, although, i really really like cancelo dont get me wrong he was top 3/5 at 2021/22 (im portuguese btw)
@@Luso00_ That's 100% correct. There's only one player in the world that Pep would have grit his teeth and bear it if he got a few choice words from the player. The Argentine that many considered the GOAT. Apart from him, Pep tolerated no bs from any other player.
@@Xnz-u6b Good question. I think in future, if their paths crossed in a way that their commercial interests are aligned, they might have more civility in their words and interaction with each other. Short of that, I don't think the antagonism between them has changed, especially not from Zlatan's side.
I really liked Cancelo even after all those things with Pep I hoped he would come back and be a city player again. This season again Pep said there is a world that he will be a city player again but now we are heard.😢
As a city fan, i always wished at the starting of each season that he will sort his issues and will play for us again.. even played a friendly previous year... He was truly our best LB
I remember the moment he let salah slip through him then score a clutch goal that lead to mancity losing point i know it's not going to be good for him at man city.
As a City fan, that Salah blunder is where all this started. When I saw that live on TV, I said "it's enough he isn't made for City", too many defensive mistakes costs us important games. A strong defence wins you tournaments and 6months after his departure we won the treble, mind you we started thrashing big teams like it's nothing. It was the right call, Cancelo's offensive play was a joy to watch but his defensive mistakes were unforgivable. I remember so many times Rodri, Dias, etc had to take a yellow to stop the counter attack caused by his blunders. Rodri and Dias with yellow restricts their overall gameplay as they like to go physical .
In the end, City got a good player for a couple years/recieved a decent fee and now Cancelo gets to be a star in Saudi Arabia (a pretty safe country) while getting an absurd un taxed salary
One thing I've always respected about Pep is how he lets go of his star players when they say they want out or are complaining and bringing the vibe down in the dressing room, many other coaches would fight to keep hold of them but Pep knows it's a privilege to play for his team even as a squad player. Alvarez, Palmer, Gündoğan, Laporte, Sterling, Jesus, Zinchenko, Douglas Luiz, Danilo and shit the list just goes on all players you wouldn't consider as finished their ego just got the better of them and they thought they were bigger than the club.
Yep. And thats how you get rid of drama quickly. Noone is bigger than the team (except messi?), and one rotten apple can make the whole batch go bad. Look at United 😂
@jonatanolsen37 no player is bigger than the club. You would think ex players wh9 played under Ferguson would understood this. But na-ah.. all these former man utd pundits go ok about how xxxx player needs to play.
Gundo isn’t part of those players u listed. The club wouldn’t negotiate a new contract with gundo cause I believe he wanted a 2 year deal and the club refused longer than 1 year (I could be wrong but that’s what I saw reported). Pep wanted him to stay but the club wouldn’t agree to his asks for an extension. If it was an ego thing gundo NEVER would’ve been accepted back even on a free transfer
@@HeavyDave997 no problem mate you were correct in ur point for sure and I agree, I just had to clear gundos name cause he’s a great guy and beloved by us. Very very happy to have him back again with us
It really is a weird Rapid fall. They qualified for EL playoff and beat Austrian champion Sturm Graz in the league but also lost to weaker sides and are now even behind Austria Vienna in the table. As an Austria fan I was worried they could play for the title
He's 30. His big breakout was his late 20s. He never was going to be a long term world class option, no matter his output. I dont think any club though yea, he will do this until he is 36 like a Modric and we can expect him to do this. No, at that age he was always going to be a stopgap 2-3 year solution for any big club. I dont see this as odd that he is going to Saudi, he is still valued highly, just not at the very top.
@@lobanoubm4234. Dimarco is a LWB I wanted Cancelo to play RWB like he did for Conte. Denzel Dumfries and Matteo Darmian are good but Cancelo would be deadly in this team
I always wonder whether when it's correct that "players take a pay cut". I honestly expect it to be more that the players have a portion of their salary still being paid by the parent club, rather than the players being paid less outright
The locker room is important for good coaches more than anything else. That's why the most talented players at the time, Etoo for controversial statements, and Ronaldinho for disciplinary issues, were kicked out of Barca when Pep was trying to prove himself as a coach. You just have to look at the player when he scores or assists, does he celebrates with the team, does he acknowledge others contribution?
Others have said it, but his downfall was not surprising. Writing was on the wall since the winter transfer window of the 22/23 season. You can even say since the PSG UCL semi final in the 20/21 season when he was benched in favor zinchenko. His lack of defensive qualities as made him a liability. His temperament made it even easy for City to get rid of him. Pep even came out and said that he wants his defenders to defend, this was a main reason why city won the UCL in 2023 once cancelo left.
The FACT he was benched for Zinchenko who....you know, is terrible defensively(a lil bit better than Cancelo tho) probably was a sign that his defensive lapses make Pep think he's not suited for big match
Lol barka talking about var when the club cant win an ucl anymore cause of var, ac milan 2005 game, psg arsenal chelsea ac games come to mind not including la liga.
He’s a maverick. Great unexpected attacking asset but a liability in defense. He’s defending mistakes are a bit overblown though, to be fair his main problem is not even it. It is a mental/attitude problem.
As a Barca fan, his defense skill was an issue, so one os his teammates had to be near to recover, but he's really something else when attacking, I would've liked another season of Cancelo, but City wanted to sell him and his price is, well, Mendes has a lot to do with that. If was another loan maybe, but 40M last season... for a defense player that's not good defender, polyvalent yes, but in nowdays with so many talented wings, full backs need to be great against them... Remembering last season, Araujo and Kounde were better options againts Vinicius, for example.
Obviously a huge talent but the most important thing to Pep above all was and still is attitude. If he cant match Pep's expectation in that regard, he wont play for City
He had some mercurial skill going forward, but his defending was atrocious. He was known for this at his previous club to Manchester City. I’m sure one day he’ll look back and regret his decisions, but that’s part of life‘s journey for all of us.
He should’ve been moved from full back to winger at some point. He is very good on the ball, has very good crosses and link up play. But no manager wanted to move him up the pitch. The current managers don’t think like some old managers, like how Bale was moved from LB to RW and from there on he became one of the best wingers from a good LB. I’m more than sure that Cancelo has enough qualities to be a very good winger. And for attitude, he is a player that knows he has quality, gives his all on the pitch and wants to play as much as possible. All top players want to play as much as possible, so why can’t he have the same attitude?
Cancelo’s problems must’ve been rumoured throughout the last couple years since he only stayed a year at Juventus, barely 2 years at man city actually playing, and only one year at his previous two loans. As talented as he is in his strengths, his big lack of defence and his ability to turn off randomly is too costly. It was basically the narrative around Trent Alex Arnold two season ago? The fact that he is a great passer, can strike the ball well, but his lapses in defence were costing his team and teams were clearly targeting him in transition. This is also why you kinda need to pick your team right as well. If he went to a team that was defensively minded and need a creative passer, he probably could’ve prolonged his career much longer in Europe. Bayern were weak in the back when he was there, and his attack didn’t make up for it considering Bayerns stacked attack. Barcelona defensively were bad last year as well too, and it was kinda just a mess the whole season, so if he went to internet maybe? Or some other team and did decently there he could’ve been still in Europe.
He was always overrated. I mean when people said danilo is going to juve and cancelo to man city i understood it. Juve needed more defensive solidarity and cancelo couldn't provide that
The Danilo-Cancelo swap deal gets better for Juve with each passing season. Danilo is now club captain, and that the money from that swap paid for Matthijs De Ligt (which didn't work out as well as we'd hoped, admittedly)
People only looking at his mistakes. Cancelo has potential to be a Marcelo Dani alces type of RB something we don’t see often nowadays in football. Sad to see him chase money and comfort
Balotelli was crazy, but there was not bad faith in his childish behaviour. Whenever you mention name "Balotelli" most people react "what a great footballer he could have been". And supporters at times were furious at Balotelli, as you are furious on child that destroys your kitchen, but he is still liked. Cancelo on the other hand was just malicious, there is no excuse for his behaviour and will be remembered as the a-hole who had a massive tantrum whenever he was benched.
Gotta be money first, and then play at a level where he is better than most of the other players. Players have a finite number of good playing years so they should make the most of it, whether it's for financial or accolade reasons.
He wasn’t the same after they broke into his house in the UK. They whooped his ass in front of his lady and little girl too I’m sure that has to effect him some type of way.. miss him at juve everyday 😢
@rabonatv Cancello was kicked out of Juventus for disciplinary reasons. This year there was an opportunity to sign him back but he made such a stink 5 years ago that even new people remembered his poor character. And no one wants mendes in Turin.
He was a victim of Pep’s ‘only happy flowers’ culture. Cancelo’s sulking is annoying but normal, but Pep’s City are not a normal club. Him leaving and the charges dropping were the catalysts for the treble. You could sense the squad unity when he left despite losing his significant quality.
When it comes to a coach like Pep ,stats dont matter ,if you listen to him and execute his plans matter ,if he made young Zlatan leave the club because of attitude ,i dont think there are that many players that will make him ignore that .
he burn lots of bridges when he mocks ronaldo being sellout by playing in saudi, yet he went to saudi during his supposed of the peak of cancelo career
Having Cancelo in your defense is like building a city wall and placing a bomb in the middle of the wall - at some point the bomb will bring down the whole wall.
Joao Cancelo fall is astounding considering he was one of the best fullbacks in the Premier League. The fallout with Guardiola was the straw that broke the camel's back and he was loaned out to Bayern Munich and Barcelona but couldn't find success to warrant a permanent move due to his defensive frailties and poor attitude. Cancelo was done at City and his move to Saudi Arabia is a tale of having poor attitude can lead to self destruction.
His fall is neither weird nor rapid. People are just uninformed.
When Cancelo joined City, Sam Lee wrote a very extensive article on Cancelo (including interviews with former coaches etc).
He spoke about Cancelo's issues: very emotional and impulsive, prone to "exploding", moody, goes crazy when he doesn't play or even just doesn't play in his preferred position, completely loses any resemblance of confidence and drops one stinker after another after making one big mistake etc.
Sam Lee literally talked about everything that happened in the 22/23 season...four years before it happened. Bc it happened before.
Some people just have issues. And that's that.
Can you link the article?
@@shariff4473 You can just search it by typing "Sam Lee Article about Joao Cancelo" because I don't think youtube allows links.
He might have undiagnosed psychopathy, he has checks all the boxes so far
the personification of "fickle"/"temperamental" personality in football manager lol
and interview with Bernardo Silva in 2022 , even Bernardo sayin
7:35 Too Much Honest 7:40 Stupid sometimes , for being to much honest 7:47 Too Much Transparanted
i mean he cant compressed his ego to hide his disappointment
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Hi Adrian! You forgot to mention that the coach who didn't play him at Benfica is now his new coach at al Hilal, the infamous Jorge Jesus!
and barcas a shit club
What??? No way lmao
Our mastero is infamous? Why
Kkk é mesmo, esqueci que ele está por lá
He essentially self-destructed. I believe him and Foden had an argument about his dreadful mistake against Liverpool when Salah spun him on the halfway line and scored which led to us losing 1-0 and everything else proceeded from that. He then got taken out the team in favour of Ake and then threw his toys out the pram instead of acknowledging his mistake and trying to improve. His ego got the better of him.
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Exactly I was a defender of him (The irony the man himself can't defend to save his life 😭) despite all those errors he keep making he is essentially another trent alexander arnold a wing back who excels in attack but doesn't know/understand when to fall back and defend. Everything can be forgivable but what isn't is falling out with the great pep, I can't defend a person who can't respect arguably the best manager in footballing history. That was last straw and I wanted him gone after that whole event surfaced and I am glad he is now gone permanently I generally wish every player best when they leave City did for ferran torres, julian alvarez even Calvin Phillips but not this guy.
@@pratikroy227he apologized tho and both forgave each other?
Portugues people and Ego, a love story.
How do you know that? Stop talking about what you don't know, man.
As a Barça fan my main problem with Cancelo is his lack of tactical awareness.. and his lapses defensively. Last season he cost us in the UCL when he couldve been a lot more calm. He is also one of those players that thinks they HAVE to play every minute of every game so he can eventually cause a stir if things dont go his way
yeah, players with temperament will cause problems if they don't play all the time. Or if they don't get paid enough, but he was only on loan
I didn't see that at all. He always played exactly where Xavi wanted him (unfortunately) and was one of the few smart (offensive) players on the pitch, seeing the whole picture of where his teammates were positioned.
I guess we won't hear much from him until the World Cup.
As if Alba or Sergi roberto were better? They made way more mistakes than him but politics involved he is portuguese and thats why he gets picked on
Dont ever compare the legend Alba with Cancelo that's stupiiid. Balde now back from injury and he is way better than cancelo. Also kounde.
He is the worst fullback defensively i ve seen in recent years@@ahmadfawazhussein7589
Respectfully cancelo was one of barcas best players.
He had nothing todo with the UCL issue. That was your CB which gundo spoke on.
The main issue Barca didn’t sign him is because they can’t afford him otherwise they would have
Its simple if you bring an attitude to pep,he won't throw a boot at you.he will just give you the boot
doubt he cares money>passion
yep, it's good team management. Especially for a manager like Pep who likes to switch up things, and might want to change the system at some point and bench a player because of it. You need committed professionals who won't throw a fit if they don't start every match. And a club like City aren't desperate to keep a single player, so better let him leave and get a replacement instead
Yeah Pep has no man management skills he'd rather spend tens of millions replacing a player than talk to them as a person.
@@ronmastrio2798when cancelo was loaned out he was replaced by an academy player and a center back no replacement was signed. You can’t keep every player happy just don’t negotiate with terroist. Managers aren’t meant to be people pleasers if you don’t want to fight for the shirt you’re dismissed simple
@@ronmastrio2798sir Alex Ferguson did the same with Beckham🤡🤡🤡🤡
As I Barca fans I've learnt that he performed just like Sergi Roberto, it's either 10/10 or 0/10, never in between
Damn Rabona you on fire recently
I think one of the biggest problem with player like cancelo or even neymar is that their are just a limited number of teams in europe that can offer them a similar salary as they are earning when they reach peak, once they leave these clubs most of the other big european clubs don't want them as football is a fast moving game why pay high wages for a player who is most likely past their prime or just too expensive or just not required , this leaves these player with two options take huge paycuts to play for clubs just below the top or go to saudi and get even higer wages, which is not a difficult option for players who already have achieved most of the european trophies
Both of their issues were on the mentality side
the problem was this happened when cancelo was 28 still in his prime multiple world class teams had the chance to get him at a low price and he was offering to cut his wages damn near in half, the fact that bayern one of the best run club in the world didn’t even try to get him at a reduced price even a year after the loan says everything, his attitude is terrible and every club knows it, the biggest reason cancelo and pep fell out wasn’t minutes he was in the top 5 in city for minutes when he left, it wasn’t cause when pep rightly benched him do to his form he refused to accept his mistakes he literally went to the media after getting benched for 2 games!! despite the love pep had and all he did for him, cancelo still stabbed pep in the back and made lies in the media about why he wanted to go, great footballer but a shit personality.
@@joey7184 Bingo well summarized and a perfect description of his character. We can defend his faults ( atrocious defensively) as City fans but what we can't defend is this guy's attitude and the audacity to fight Pep how naive can you be to fight Pep.
It's not just the wages. Clubs refuse to let their assets leave unless a big transfer fee is paid. If the player is completely useless, let the player leave for no transfer fee and I expect a lot of these players would get a a contract where the player gets similar money if signing bonus and wages are added. Sadly Chelsea and Saudi Arabia exist giving stubborn clubs what they want so it stays as it is.
Neymars problem is injury. Football isn't an issue. He's incredible at that
He did actually win the UCL and got a treble. He was still registered to Man City for half of the season, therefor winning the medal.
He still didn't do much that season except contributing in the group stage, after that season he just was poor at deffending and wanted high wages and ofc clubs like Barcelona wouldn't be able to do anything with him so his only 2 options were to demand lower wages and a big club or high wages and a Saudi league shit league and ofc he chose the 2nd option
I’d rather have no medal than watch my team win it after they sent me to a different country
@@Jack-iu5um I mean, me too, but that doesnt change that ,technically, he did win it.
Don't forget that's how European clubs became so big by giving big bucks to brazilian and Argentinian talents and poaching them from their home country. @@lobanoubm4234.
Technically he is a treble winner, I think the amount of games he played before going on loan qualified him for the medals.
It's true, he does get the medals.
Fortunately for him, unfortunate for us.
He did have goal contributions that made the Treble possible so its deserved.
@@mrach31why unfortunet? Why wouldnt you be happy for a man? He DID earn it
@@CROMAT30 Not after all that bullshit he caused in the locker room, and after he said he'd like to win the champions league with bayern at the time.
Sad.....he's a good to potentially great player. Just needs to sort his head out.
Honestly every club didn’t want him. He was forced out of every club from Benfica to his last move. I think there must be a side of him we don’t know. Maybe he really is a vampire or just is hard to work with
I don’t think he likes being left behind in any situation. He needs counselling, his mother died suddenly when he was a child in a car crash. Maybe he needs to speak to someone about that,I don’t know.
Inter really wanted to keep him iirc. But they couldn't afford him back then and they were probably not that attractive for him with their title wins coming only a few years later.
He’s really egotistical. City fans hate him for this. He was on the bench for a few games because of numerous errors and instead of being a professional and working harder he fell out with Pep and degraded the locker room atmosphere
@@MetalRocksMe. The video omits the information that the Benfica coach who let him go to Valencia is Jorge Jesús, current coach of Al Hilal.
@@aCrayfish28 The video omits the information that the Benfica coach who let him go to Valencia is Jorge Jesús, current coach of Al Hilal.
The guy is the ideal RWB and would've been a god in Inter's 3-5-2 had they been able to afford to keep him.
He was in Inter already I think
@@Parth-gx1nw he was on loan at Inter for a season actually. But they didn't play 3-5-2 back then and they couldn't afford to make his move permanent. That's when Juve bought him instead.
@@Parth-gx1nw he absolutely was at inter lmao
@@VoodooIMB I am pretty sure he played as a rw
He was at Inter but he played in the 4231 system under spalletti.
at barca his attacking output NEVER made up for his constant errors in defence. never. he can not defend at a high level, perfect for the saudi league.
I feel like if he was moved a bit forward when he was younger and developed his finishing to make him an effective wide midfielder.
He has all the talent in the world with it at his feet and in transition.
are you a barça fan? i watched every games and this ''NEVER'' is exaggerated as hell
His one of the reasons we lost to psg one goal and a pen bcs of him real Madrid 2 goals bcs of him and boom ucl is gone laliga is gone @@wgnd1614
@@wgnd1614I’m a Barca fan and I agree with the OP.
@@Rolandinho819 well i don't, i would rather have cancelo instead of the terrible balde who never had this insane talent people were saying and now he is playing even worse... he is the one that fits this discription ''balde attacks but don't defend''
He is a great player for us who play fantasy premier league. Constant assist are making. There are times when i have 3 defender = Trent, Cancelo & Reece James (the season when he fully fit) => all 3 of them give me constant point of assist almost every week
one of the biggest reasons pep dropped him was his form defensively was terrible constantly walking back when he lost the ball and making stupid decisions while defending, the biggest one being diving into a slide tackle on salah when he was the last man on defense completely missing him leaving him acres of open space and he scored obviously, if he was making brain dead choices on defense against probably the greatest rw in premier league history imagine what he was doing against crystal palace, world class going forward but it was insane to see a professional defender who was terrible at defending even Marcelo made an effort to on to get back on defense when the team lost the ball and was good on a one on one level. A defender should be good at defending period.
I agree mate and people never give Ake enough credit. Ake got thrown in at LB which wasn’t his strongest position and he excelled and allowed us to win the treble with his defensive attributes compared to cancelo. We didn’t really have another player who could play that odd LB role pep created for ake not even laporte could really do it well enough. Ake stepping up allowed pep to create the refreshed system that made us so dominant and ultimately win the treble.
He's not actually a defender but rather a attacking fullback
Great watch as always 🫡👊🏿. It's a shame he threw his toys out the pram. The City move had worked for him. But once he got on Pep's bad side it was a wrap coz he was then refusing to reduce his salary to take up another role across Europe so all roads led to getting the bag in Saudi/Qatar/MLS etc
Back when he was at Valencia i figured he would have stayed there for a long time like Jose Gaya did but then he went galavanting across Europe eventually up until he had found a home at City.
FIRST TIME EVER I have enjoyed listning to an American speak about football. Great video and your tone of voice makes is outstanding.
Canada, eh?
I don't think it's so much as a fall, but a decision to go for the money and easier competition.
He clearly had the abilities to stay in the top leagues, he just is too stubborn, in my opinion.
he's an ideal Wingback not Fullback, best for 5 defender-formation like Inter, old Juve, Conte...with less defensive pressure
30yo already.. he is finished not every player make it at that age. its now or never. I would go also if I were him.. Same for Ivon tony he just went now. cuz he is 29.
@@zorashki dude's won basically everything in Europe except UCL, but 30 is good age to cash out in tax-free Saudi
@@zorashki you guys use finished so much the word is losing its meaning
It's easy to forget sometimes how difficult it is to engage someone in stories told through a screen, while speaking a language that is not your mother's tongue. I can't emphasise how much the quality of your writing and storytelling elevates the stories you narrate. Thank you so much for existing in a space plagued with slop content !
I was happy to see him at Barça, one of the few bright lights while he was there. I watched him closely during games. He always did what Xavi asked him to do (hug the touchline) but the team overall was so poor that his talents were mostly wasted. He would have thrived in this new dynamic Flick system, a joy to watch. I'm sure the main reason he wasn't asked back was financial (Barça is in shambles). Hopefully he'll enjoy his football in SA.
Honestly I watched every min of him . He helped us with passion and I would give him a contract . How many full backs has our clown management has spent on the last 10 years . Cancelo gives you a feeling he will create offensive play with flair. Now defence isn’t that great but with the toothbrush’s we have in out mid cannot help cancelo bcz he’s too high up. Bro dani has plenty of issues as well . Underrated. Idc bout his ego . He plays ball and with passion
He actually did not modernize anything. He was just a fullback that sucks at defending, while could be great moving forward and following as little tactical instructions as he can.
This is a great piece of work, my only criticism would be that a lot is being put on the player. João is explosive in nature but so are a lot of people and especially his countryman Ron, but we also need to discuss how Pep's style is very straining on individuals and that's why he spends so much on defenders every year at City. Pep has a history of "backdooring" players, as Yaya Toure, Zlatan, Sterling and numerous others. I think he's just as emotional as the players and he throws silent tantrums when things don't go his way, both things can be true.
He's just one of the players you sign in Football Manager, but after seeing the personality, and the way he reacts in talks, you know you're gonna have to sell him sooner or later for those reasons. I ran into such issues a lot because I essentially always have a surplus of players due to eventually only signing wonderkids, and a whole lot of them, plus also I like to rotate constantly, so it's easy to imagine a real world analogy here
Bang on, loved him on the field, but the attitude was not great. Met him after 5-0 arsenal in aug 2021 and he rushed home and almost ran me over. To my surprise i went to see the driver and it was him n he didn’t want to give me a picture despite waving at me in a dismissive manner. Regardless, this channel is great first watched when you made that analysis on ruben dias coming to city!! And what a player he turned out to be. Maybe a future video looking back at him the vs now?
Do people still remember Sadio Mane? His fall was actually "weird and rapid"
Don't know all the details but I can chalk a good amount of his up to age, considering his dominant years were characterised by speed and power being traits he had in spades.
@@HallowedOstelogistage and his attitude towards the end too
in the Barcelona segment you mentioned if it would be better to play cancelo as a winger ironically xavi did try that and it failed miserably i believe it was in el classico
Yeah he played really bad 🥴
i have this opinion that ricardo pereira was and would have been better then joao cancelo if he havent had those injuries, better defensively in tackles and slides also and in the attack he was super fast talented and great last pass decision, although, i really really like cancelo dont get me wrong he was top 3/5 at 2021/22 (im portuguese btw)
In Pep's biography I read that its rare for Pep to fall out with his players but once it happens there is no turning back.
Pep is definitely the type that doesn't forgive, even after an apology.
@@Luso00_ That's 100% correct. There's only one player in the world that Pep would have grit his teeth and bear it if he got a few choice words from the player. The Argentine that many considered the GOAT. Apart from him, Pep tolerated no bs from any other player.
@@kindfacei mean did pep still didn't forgive Zlatan?😂
@@kindfacepep is very petty
@@Xnz-u6b Good question. I think in future, if their paths crossed in a way that their commercial interests are aligned, they might have more civility in their words and interaction with each other. Short of that, I don't think the antagonism between them has changed, especially not from Zlatan's side.
Always thought Xavi should’ve tested him as a left attacking winger when we needed someone better than Ferran to fill that role.
He did, in his first classico cancelo played as a lw but couldn't make any significant difference
@@vkz2508 ah, I didn’t remember and maybe that’s why lol.
I really liked Cancelo even after all those things with Pep I hoped he would come back and be a city player again. This season again Pep said there is a world that he will be a city player again but now we are heard.😢
He is so good but i feel he does not have the elite mentality to be consistent
Impressive silverware haul though. A joy to watch when he is on form
He did well but the mentality... I remember when he was a pivotal part in Guardiola's plan.
Also, that Al Hilal reveal for Cancelo lol 😂
I watched him play in Juventus 18/19 and I have to say he was incredible. Really hoped he would have stayed 😢
Did they play with a back 4 or 3?
Always figured he would be better as a wingback than a full back. 352 or 343 he would be perfect.
Even after the swap for Danilo. I didn't understand it. I believe Juventus saw something we didn't.
As a city fan, i always wished at the starting of each season that he will sort his issues and will play for us again.. even played a friendly previous year... He was truly our best LB
I remember the moment he let salah slip through him then score a clutch goal that lead to mancity losing point i know it's not going to be good for him at man city.
Very underrated player he deserves better i miss him at barca
Fact & I don’t know why Barca make the best full back in the world to leave the club
As a City fan, that Salah blunder is where all this started. When I saw that live on TV, I said "it's enough he isn't made for City", too many defensive mistakes costs us important games. A strong defence wins you tournaments and 6months after his departure we won the treble, mind you we started thrashing big teams like it's nothing. It was the right call, Cancelo's offensive play was a joy to watch but his defensive mistakes were unforgivable. I remember so many times Rodri, Dias, etc had to take a yellow to stop the counter attack caused by his blunders. Rodri and Dias with yellow restricts their overall gameplay as they like to go physical .
Excellent video
Cancelo got the medal for City's UCL win. He's technically a Champions League winner.
Cancelo did win the treble because he played games in this competition with them it doesn't matter if he moved in the middle
Good analysis ❤
Thank you Rabona TV for wearing a shirt from a Cambodian football club for this video.🎉🎉❤😮
In the end, City got a good player for a couple years/recieved a decent fee and now Cancelo gets to be a star in Saudi Arabia (a pretty safe country) while getting an absurd un taxed salary
I know Saudi is a safe country and I'm Muslim but how's that going to affect his career by a good way not talking aboutthe money but for his career?
@@lobanoubm4234. not much, he already played at the top level and didn't leave europe in his prime
An professional footballer who keep putting in love my mama in every fb post. A mama boi.
That Salah half turn really sent his career down the drain lol, Pep looked like he was about to murder someone
One thing I've always respected about Pep is how he lets go of his star players when they say they want out or are complaining and bringing the vibe down in the dressing room, many other coaches would fight to keep hold of them but Pep knows it's a privilege to play for his team even as a squad player.
Alvarez, Palmer, Gündoğan, Laporte, Sterling, Jesus, Zinchenko, Douglas Luiz, Danilo and shit the list just goes on all players you wouldn't consider as finished their ego just got the better of them and they thought they were bigger than the club.
Yep. And thats how you get rid of drama quickly. Noone is bigger than the team (except messi?), and one rotten apple can make the whole batch go bad. Look at United 😂
@jonatanolsen37 no player is bigger than the club. You would think ex players wh9 played under Ferguson would understood this. But na-ah.. all these former man utd pundits go ok about how xxxx player needs to play.
Gundo isn’t part of those players u listed. The club wouldn’t negotiate a new contract with gundo cause I believe he wanted a 2 year deal and the club refused longer than 1 year (I could be wrong but that’s what I saw reported). Pep wanted him to stay but the club wouldn’t agree to his asks for an extension. If it was an ego thing gundo NEVER would’ve been accepted back even on a free transfer
@@guedrini2045 fair enough, I don't follow City that much so thank you for informing me :)
@@HeavyDave997 no problem mate you were correct in ur point for sure and I agree, I just had to clear gundos name cause he’s a great guy and beloved by us. Very very happy to have him back again with us
Nice shirt my man
A transfer to the Saudis is like a transfer to United: Happy early retirement😊
It really is a weird Rapid fall. They qualified for EL playoff and beat Austrian champion Sturm Graz in the league but also lost to weaker sides and are now even behind Austria Vienna in the table. As an Austria fan I was worried they could play for the title
He's 30. His big breakout was his late 20s. He never was going to be a long term world class option, no matter his output. I dont think any club though yea, he will do this until he is 36 like a Modric and we can expect him to do this. No, at that age he was always going to be a stopgap 2-3 year solution for any big club. I dont see this as odd that he is going to Saudi, he is still valued highly, just not at the very top.
It's all his fault, he could have stayed much longer than he did
I wanted him back at Inter so badly.
Dimarco is better than him at deffending and attacking abilities
@@lobanoubm4234. Dimarco is a LWB I wanted Cancelo to play RWB like he did for Conte. Denzel Dumfries and Matteo Darmian are good but Cancelo would be deadly in this team
I always wonder whether when it's correct that "players take a pay cut". I honestly expect it to be more that the players have a portion of their salary still being paid by the parent club, rather than the players being paid less outright
i loved this guy at city and bayern
The locker room is important for good coaches more than anything else. That's why the most talented players at the time, Etoo for controversial statements, and Ronaldinho for disciplinary issues, were kicked out of Barca when Pep was trying to prove himself as a coach. You just have to look at the player when he scores or assists, does he celebrates with the team, does he acknowledge others contribution?
Others have said it, but his downfall was not surprising. Writing was on the wall since the winter transfer window of the 22/23 season. You can even say since the PSG UCL semi final in the 20/21 season when he was benched in favor zinchenko. His lack of defensive qualities as made him a liability. His temperament made it even easy for City to get rid of him. Pep even came out and said that he wants his defenders to defend, this was a main reason why city won the UCL in 2023 once cancelo left.
The FACT he was benched for Zinchenko who....you know, is terrible defensively(a lil bit better than Cancelo tho) probably was a sign that his defensive lapses make Pep think he's not suited for big match
9:15 Cancelo did win the Treble. Him leaving mid season doesn't take away his contribution in the first half of the season, he got all three medals.
He got the medals, he didn’t win 💩. He was watching on tv
@@GIBBO4182 he got medals = he won
@@SnApYoDaHD whatever mate. You can tell who’s got a shelf full of 8th place participation trophies
adorei aquele excerto do hino no inicio, obrigado
he got dropped because he was disrespectful to the team more specifically Rico Lewis and I dont understand why his ego was so big
Because he thinks he's the best city player and thinks that he deserves all the attention and money
He’s a champion league winner he played the first games before leaving for Bayern
8:16 to put a "tackle" Invented penalty for Real Vardid
Lol barka talking about var when the club cant win an ucl anymore cause of var, ac milan 2005 game, psg arsenal chelsea ac games come to mind not including la liga.
@@Wizzy678 lol real vardid fans always crying with no sense lies that they invent
He’s a maverick. Great unexpected attacking asset but a liability in defense. He’s defending mistakes are a bit overblown though, to be fair his main problem is not even it. It is a mental/attitude problem.
As a Barca fan, his defense skill was an issue, so one os his teammates had to be near to recover, but he's really something else when attacking, I would've liked another season of Cancelo, but City wanted to sell him and his price is, well, Mendes has a lot to do with that. If was another loan maybe, but 40M last season... for a defense player that's not good defender, polyvalent yes, but in nowdays with so many talented wings, full backs need to be great against them... Remembering last season, Araujo and Kounde were better options againts Vinicius, for example.
Hi Adrian! I think he will win the Champions League when he returns to Benfica soon
Obviously a huge talent but the most important thing to Pep above all was and still is attitude. If he cant match Pep's expectation in that regard, he wont play for City
He must think he is better than the club he plays for. Why would pep push him away if he is such a good player
i did not watch the video but all I know is that everything started when Salah spun him into another dimension
He had some mercurial skill going forward, but his defending was atrocious. He was known for this at his previous club to Manchester City. I’m sure one day he’ll look back and regret his decisions, but that’s part of life‘s journey for all of us.
He was top player for us, his goal against Newcastle stands out, but it's a shame he attitude sometimes gets in the way of the brilliant player he is.
The way he played last few months for Barca was criminal
He should’ve been moved from full back to winger at some point. He is very good on the ball, has very good crosses and link up play. But no manager wanted to move him up the pitch. The current managers don’t think like some old managers, like how Bale was moved from LB to RW and from there on he became one of the best wingers from a good LB. I’m more than sure that Cancelo has enough qualities to be a very good winger.
And for attitude, he is a player that knows he has quality, gives his all on the pitch and wants to play as much as possible. All top players want to play as much as possible, so why can’t he have the same attitude?
Finally, someone that can say João correctly
Barcelona "didn't bite" more like they couldn't afford him 😂😂😂
Cancelo’s problems must’ve been rumoured throughout the last couple years since he only stayed a year at Juventus, barely 2 years at man city actually playing, and only one year at his previous two loans. As talented as he is in his strengths, his big lack of defence and his ability to turn off randomly is too costly.
It was basically the narrative around Trent Alex Arnold two season ago? The fact that he is a great passer, can strike the ball well, but his lapses in defence were costing his team and teams were clearly targeting him in transition.
This is also why you kinda need to pick your team right as well. If he went to a team that was defensively minded and need a creative passer, he probably could’ve prolonged his career much longer in Europe. Bayern were weak in the back when he was there, and his attack didn’t make up for it considering Bayerns stacked attack.
Barcelona defensively were bad last year as well too, and it was kinda just a mess the whole season, so if he went to internet maybe? Or some other team and did decently there he could’ve been still in Europe.
Please do about Osimhem in your next video
Bayern would have bought if City didn't want a bag to buy him, also they needed money to buy Harry Kane, I think otherwise I think Bayern keeps him.
He singlehandedly cost Barca last season
That was Araujo
He was always overrated. I mean when people said danilo is going to juve and cancelo to man city i understood it. Juve needed more defensive solidarity and cancelo couldn't provide that
Super skilful player. Some mistakes in defence, but a nightmare attitude
The Danilo-Cancelo swap deal gets better for Juve with each passing season. Danilo is now club captain, and that the money from that swap paid for Matthijs De Ligt (which didn't work out as well as we'd hoped, admittedly)
People only looking at his mistakes. Cancelo has potential to be a Marcelo Dani alces type of RB something we don’t see often nowadays in football. Sad to see him chase money and comfort
You forgot the Mo Salah winning goal when he was hopeless defensively.Pep nearly had a heart attack!
Balotelli was crazy, but there was not bad faith in his childish behaviour. Whenever you mention name "Balotelli" most people react "what a great footballer he could have been". And supporters at times were furious at Balotelli, as you are furious on child that destroys your kitchen, but he is still liked. Cancelo on the other hand was just malicious, there is no excuse for his behaviour and will be remembered as the a-hole who had a massive tantrum whenever he was benched.
Gotta be money first, and then play at a level where he is better than most of the other players. Players have a finite number of good playing years so they should make the most of it, whether it's for financial or accolade reasons.
“He had that loan with Barcelona and they didn’t bite.”
I think it’s more a they couldn’t bite than a they didn’t bite
He wasn’t the same after they broke into his house in the UK. They whooped his ass in front of his lady and little girl too I’m sure that has to effect him some type of way.. miss him at juve everyday 😢
9:09 Cancelo has won a UCL
He payed the Group stage with City before he left for Bayern
He is a treble winner
@rabonatv Cancello was kicked out of Juventus for disciplinary reasons. This year there was an opportunity to sign him back but he made such a stink 5 years ago that even new people remembered his poor character. And no one wants mendes in Turin.
I'm sure he'll be just fine counting all his Saudi money while barely breaking a sweat
the last straw was against chelsea when he played as a winger and failed miserably
He was a victim of Pep’s ‘only happy flowers’ culture. Cancelo’s sulking is annoying but normal, but Pep’s City are not a normal club. Him leaving and the charges dropping were the catalysts for the treble. You could sense the squad unity when he left despite losing his significant quality.
When it comes to a coach like Pep ,stats dont matter ,if you listen to him and execute his plans matter ,if he made young Zlatan leave the club because of attitude ,i dont think there are that many players that will make him ignore that .
he burn lots of bridges when he mocks ronaldo being sellout by playing in saudi, yet he went to saudi during his supposed of the peak of cancelo career
Threatening pep to leave is crazy seeing as he’s not a manager who stands in the way of players leaving and would’ve let him leave
In beginning his quote make me think of spoiled Ronaldo. Then in the end it happen again😅
Having Cancelo in your defense is like building a city wall and placing a bomb in the middle of the wall - at some point the bomb will bring down the whole wall.
He did get a champion league medal so technically he did win it
Joao Cancelo fall is astounding considering he was one of the best fullbacks in the Premier League. The fallout with Guardiola was the straw that broke the camel's back and he was loaned out to Bayern Munich and Barcelona but couldn't find success to warrant a permanent move due to his defensive frailties and poor attitude. Cancelo was done at City and his move to Saudi Arabia is a tale of having poor attitude can lead to self destruction.
did you use AI to write a video summary? This really sounds like you did
@@maciejbala477yeah man. like farmibg
Been waiting for someone to address this, it has baffled me how his stock has fallen so far…