Returning to Manchester City last summer, İlkay Gündoğan had decided to leave the Skyblues at the 2023 summer transfer window to join FC Barcelona. In Catalonia, the German had been very convincing, being one of the centerpieces of the workforce then directed by Xavi. But after only one season spent in Liga, the midfielder folded luggage to return to his initial club. In an interview for Bildthe 34 -year -old has returned to this choice.
First of all, Gündoğan suggested that leaving Camp Nou was not a decision made with the heart: ” In the end, I thought it was better to leave; Even within the club, I felt that they were in favor of my departure, mainly for economic reasons, despite what I consider a very good season. And I am the type not to want to stay only for my contract and cause problems to anyone. “As for the choice of his” new “stable, the former Borussia Dortmund explained that a simple phone call had set the story:” My wife Sara had an idea. Half joking, half seriously, she said to me: “Call Pep!”. I did it the next day. Pep replied immediately: 'I would love'. No one knows what would have happened to the blaugranas with the former German international (82 selections, 19 goals) in their workforce, but there is no doubt that the alliance with his compatriot Hansi Flick could have sparked.
