Joao Cancelo has accused Pep Guardiola of “telling lies” and labelled Manchester City as “ungrateful”.
Cancelo was responding to comments where Guardiola said the player was allowed to leave because of his response to being dropped.
Bayern Munich initially took the Portugal defender on loan before he moved to Barcelona in the summer.
When asked about Guardiola’s assertion that he responded poorly to being left out of the team, Cancelo told A’Bola: “Lies were told! I’ve never been a bad team-mate for them and you can ask either (Nathan) Ake or Rico (Lewis). I don’t have any superiority or inferiority complex towards them, but that’s the manager’s opinion.
“I stayed because it’s not true. I think Man City were a bit ungrateful to me when they said that, because I was a very important player in the years I was there. I never failed in my commitment to the club, to the fans and I always gave everything.”