DID HE SAY GOODBYE TO MANCHESTER CITY?
Gundogan's message that brings him closer to Barça
Published:16/06/2023 - 00:14h
Updated:16/06/2023 - 00:14h
Ilkay Gündogan is one of the protagonists of today's European football. He has not yet decided if he will stay at Manchester City for another year or move on, but a message he left in the Champions League final "keeps him away" from the Etihad Stadium
The future of Ilkay Gündogan is one of the subjects that occupies to the sportive direction of the FC Barcelona. They are expecting that the midfield player take the definite decision on his future. They remain less than fifteen days so that it finalise his contractual bond with the Manchester City and still does not know what will do: renew or assume a new challenge to sportive level far of the Etihad Stadium, after seven years in the team.
From the City Condal keep to the expectation, put from does months keep contacts with the surroundings of the player of 33 years to materialise an agreement by the next three seasons. Near sources to the club keep that there is a "verbal agreement", but others aim that there is not at all enclosed and that, in question, Gündogan has not decided which way will take in the next course.
The 'track' that left in some statements
The true is that, in the middle of all the chaos by his future, have desvelado some statements that issued minutes after topping champion of the Champions League with the City. In the microphones of Fred Caldeira, of TNT Sports, the international with Germany reviewed the thrilling that had been the achievement of the title in Istanbul, remembering his Turkish roots.
It did upsetting in that it had fulfilled all his dreams with the 'sky blues'; the 'Orejona', the last. It did it in a very melancholic tone that, without doubts, has sounded like a farewell 'hid' to the club where has won it all and has turned into one of the best players of the world. In concrete, said that "I remember to cross the doors of the field of training of the Manchester City seven years ago with my crutches, after having me operated the knee. If somebody said me that it would attain all what have attained in the last seven years, of course that it had not believed it…".
What more has called the attention is how finalised his intervention. It stood out that "simply it shows that the trip up to now has been incredible. All my dreams did reality. Sincerely, I can not wish at all more. I am so happy, seat me so privileged and appreciated, and this feeling will remain by the rest of my life…".
To finalise aqui you conteúdos of Istambul, uma beautiful interview com Gündoğan: sente- Turkish, viveu um sonho never sonhado and refletiu on to day of começa of crutches and finishes com uma tríplice coroa like capitãor do Manchester City. pic.twitter.com/d5vzwbuowq
— Fred Caldeira (@fredcaldeira) June 15, 2023
It approaches Gündogan to the Barça?
In the City Condal continue trusting that the midfield player recalará in the team for the next season. They are conscious that it would elevate the level of the staff and that it can be important to create a balance between the youngsters of the centre of the field and, especially, help in the aim of the club to go back to compete in the Champions League, after several marked years by the disappointments.