Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says Joao Cancelo could still have a future at the club after revealing there have been no enquiries for the Portugal defender.
Cancelo spent last season on loan at Barcelona, having been at Bayern Munich for the second half of the 2022-23 campaign after falling out of favour at City.
The 30-year-old had been Guardiola’s prototype inverted full-back but experienced a sudden reversal of fortunes with the Premier League champions just months after he signed a new contract, which is not due to expire until 2027.
With Barcelona not interested in taking Cancelo back to the Nou Camp, Guardiola faces having to bring the player City paid £60m for in 2019 back into the fold.
“He’s training with us,” said the City boss.
“We will see. Maybe he will stay, maybe he will go on loan. I don’t know yet.”
Asked if there had been any transfer enquiries for Cancelo, who was part of Portugal’s Euro 2024 squad this summer, Guardiola said: “No.”
He added: “About what’s going to happen, it depends on his agents and the club. In the end, if he has to stay we will treat him like all the other players, with respect, and try to take the best from the huge qualities he has.”