Arda Turan 'prevented' the signing of Ilkay Gündogan by Barça

The FC Barcelona is very near to do with the services of Ilkay Gündogan like reinforcement for the season 2023/24. However, it does not treat of the only occasion in which the Barcelona team was near to receive to the international German. Previously, this stage could produce to finals of the season 2014/15.

For then, the germano of Turkish origin still formed part of the rows of the Borussia Dortmund and his name appeared in the diary of the then Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, like part of the plans to reinforce the staff after winning the second triplete in the history of the Barcelona team. However, the plan would change drastically.

Everything was smart for the signing

In that then, Andoni Zubizarreta had presented his resignation like sportive director. Whereas Ariedo Braida and Carles Rexach found at the head of the sportive commission. By his part, Jordi Mestre, sportive vice-president, was the attendant to carry out the management for fichar to Ilkay Gündogan.

As it has remembered the newspaper 'Sport', for the date the surroundings aimed that everything was prepared to receive him like incorporation estival, including the length of his bond: "it Was all agreed. The traspaso, the index card of the player and the years of agreement. Even it had happened the medical review and had looked for house in Barcelona".

The irruption of Burn Turan

However, the situation suffered a radical twist when the directive decanted by the otomano: "it Preferred fichar to Burn Turan and had to descartar to Gündogan. There were elections in the club and opted by no polemizar with the trainer". The own Mestre communicated him that it already had been descartado and this directed to the Manchester City.