Gündogan rules out going to Barça and hopes to renew with City

With agreement until 30 June 2023, İlkay Gündogan is one of the players situated in the orbit of the FC Barcelona to reinforce the centre of the field in the 2022-23. However, the German footballer of Turkish origin has descartado, for the moment, have plans to go out of the Manchester City, club in where affirm "feel very happy" and where expects to remain a lot of years, opening the possibility to an eventual renewal.

In an interview with the German magazine 'Kicker', the midfield player affirmed that his relation with the directive of the City is excellent and, for now, there are not discussions on his renewal, but neither urgencies neither the possibility to listen offers of other clubs. According to the magazine germana, Gündogan expects to renew with the 'citizens' prompt, although his extension of agreement will have to go accompanied of a considerable increase of wage.

The player of 31 years signed with the English group in 2017 pertinent of the Borussia Dortmund in return of 27 million euros and by a wage of 8 million annual euros. In 243 apparitions with the 'citizens', İlkay great 46 goals and 28 assistances, being the 2010-21 his best season goleadora with 17 so many. Although this year the German has not attained statistics so remarkable like the one of the previous campaign, keeps on being one of the players of greater confidence for Pep Guardiola in the operation of the City.

And it is that the midfield player arrived to Manchester of the hand of Pep in the summer of 2016 and, since, has contested an average of more than 40 parties by season. In fact, Gündogan was the first official signing of the 'was Guardiola' in the City and, although in his first season hardly contested 16 parties, from 2017 has been usual headline in the English group. This season, the German adds 7 goals and 6 assistances in 33 apparitions.

The aspirations of the German, subject of discussion in the City

In accordance with 'Kicker', the aspirations of Ilkay aim to an important improvement salarial, with which the German would happen to earn some 12 'kilos' net by year. With a value of market in Transfermarkt of 35 million euros, the directive of the Manchester City already argues the possibility to renew to the midfield player, a negotiation in which the future of Pep Guardiola could be determinant, since the German technician also culminates agreement in June of 2023 with the institution. What if it is sure is that, in summer, Gündogan will not move of Manchester.