Official, confirmed. Ilkay Gündogan returns to Manchester City from Barcelona on free transfer.
“It feels just so nice to be home.
Ilkay Gündogan: “Manchester City is the best club in the world”.
Just an hour ago, he beat farewell to his Barcelona players.
On his twitter page below
But right now at this moment, his back to Manchester city.
Pep Guardiola: “Gündogan was a total surprise, unexpected… we didn’t have any doubts when the opportunity was presented to sign Ilkay!”.
“All of us wanted him here again, me personally of course but all of us”.
“You know when you say: anything can happen? That’s the case!”.
Pep Guardiola: “Gündo deal was a no-brainer, yeah”.
“I got a message from Txiki saying: Ilkay wants to talk to you. I say ‘okay’ and immediately it was a yes”.
IIKAY: I am back … and I hope we can continue where we‘ve stopped in Summer 2023. Thanks to everyone who made this comeback possible.
My seven years in Manchester have been an exceptional period in my life – to have the opportunity to return here means so much. Come on City!
Welcome back home IIKAY