Former Manchester City defender Angelino has claimed manager Pep Guardiola “killed” his confidence during his time at the Etihad Stadium.
The Spanish left-back made just 12 appearances after rejoining City in the summer of 2019 before being sent on loan to German side RB Leipzig in the next transfer window.
The 24-year-old has since thrived under Julian Nagelsmann at RB Leipzig, reaching the Champions League semi-finals last season, and made his loan move to the Bundesliga outfit permanent last week.
Angelino told reporters: “They both like to play with the ball, get the ball quick. There is one thing that is a big difference – one gave me the confidence and played me and the other didn’t.”
Reflecting specifically on his time at the Etihad Stadium, he added: “It killed me. The confidence was everything, when you don’t have the trust of a coach it is everything.
“I was judged from two pre-season games and then I didn’t get my chance for a few months.”
Overall, he said he rated playing under Guardiola as a “50-50 experience”.
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He said: “On one side I really learned a lot from Pep, but I obviously didn’t play as much as I wanted to or deserved to.”
Angelino first joined City as a youth player and had a number of loan spells before joining PSV Eindhoven permanently in 2018. A year later, however, City exercised a buy-back option to address a weakness in the squad at left-back.
