A number of Manchester City fans are keen to see Joao Cancelo stay as a Blues player beyond the end of the season after being named in the Fifpro World XI at The Best Fifa awards on Monday evening.
The left-back is currently on loan at Bayern Munich until the end of the season with the Bundesliga champions attaining an option to buy this summer.
His unexpected January switch came amid reports of a falling out with boss Pep Guardiola, although he has since denied that he forced through an exit. "It’s not a question of devaluing my teammates, because others are on the bench to play.
But I thought I deserved to play and he didn’t,” Cancelo said last week. "It [loan move to Bayern] was by mutual agreement. READ MORE: Manchester United and Man City stars named in FIFPro World XI “If City didn’t want to, they wouldn’t let me leave, because I had a contract.