Ilkay Gündogan criticized his club FC Barcelona for not helping him enough when he arrived this summer. The Catalan club would have apologized to him.
After winning everything with Manchester City, Ilkay Gündogan took advantage of the end of his contract with the Mancunian club to sign up this summer with FC Barcelona. If the German international quickly found his feet on the pitch, his arrival in Catalonia did not seem to be easy. According to him, the midfielder would not have been helped by his new club, particularly when it came to finding accommodation, transport logistics and managing his family. So many grievances that the Spanish press has echoed in recent days. So much so that the Catalan club would have apologized to its player.
In any case, this is what the Dailymail this Wednesday. The media thus indicated that Barça had heard the reproaches of its playing master and would have asked forgiveness from Ilkay Gündogan and his wife, Sara Arfaoui. A way perhaps of trying to reduce the pressure around a player who has also made himself heard on a sporting level. Scorer on the opening score against Real Madrid, during the Clasico which took place last Saturday, Gündogan had a lot of difficulty in accepting the stunning defeat finally conceded by the Blaugrana (1-2).
Criticism of his teammates
As a reminder, the German attacked his teammates by declaring that he would have liked to see “more anger and disappointment” in the locker room after the match. “ I didn’t come here to lose these types of matches in this way, or to allow such shortcomings to be visible. » A reaction of a vexed champion. It remains to be seen whether Ilkay Gündogan’s moods will affect his relationship with his new team.
