City had splashed a cool £60million to sign Cancelo from Juventus in the summer of 2019 but he hardly played in his few months at the club.
He didn't start his first Premier League game until October and by the turn of the year had made just six league appearances, with rumours growing that a swift exit could already be on the cards with former club Valencia said to be interested.
January got a bit better with three starts in succession but then it was back to the bench before, the biggest indictment of Cancelo's early struggles, he was left out of the squad completely as City defeated Aston Villa to win the Carabao Cup at Wembley.