This Saturday morning, France Football revealed a long interview with Ilkay Gündogan, who took the opportunity to compare Guardiola and Xavi.
Winner of the last Champions League with Manchester City, Ilkay Gündogan made his debut at Barça and has been shining since the start of the season. The midfielder spoke to France Football, who was notably surveyed by the magazine on his former manager Pep Guardiola and was invited to compare him with his current coach at Barça, Xavi. “ With Pep, we played a positional game. It was about always finding the right spaces, always finding the free man, finding the advantage on the pitch, patiently. With Xavi there are a lot of similarities with Pep “.
“ They were trained in the same place, had the same football education, experienced the same demands. They speak the same football. But I’m hungry and I still want to learn. With Barça, we are still developing the team. We have a little way to go, but it’s a great project”added the German.
Winning Euro 2024, its mission
This summer, Germany is hosting Euro 2024 and Ilkay Gündogan wants to win the trophy. “ It’s up to us to use the next six months we have to become the best team possible and increase our chances of success. But it will obviously be very special for us because it is a competition that we are hosting. Hopefully playing at home will help us”still believes the captain of the Mannschaft.
