Before continuing: “In terms of football, to be back at this level and come back a year later is an incredible feeling, and I’m very happy. I’m very happy. I feel privileged to share the dressing room with these incredible players again.”

Gundogan wants to win titles

Ilkay Gundogan has won everything he has won at club level, including at Man City. But the midfielder is still hungry for titles and trophies. “I still want to prove myself every day, in training sessions and games, and become the best possible version of myself. I still have an incredible sense of winning, of competing and I think the package you have here, today, you can’t find anywhere else, and that made it very, very easy for me to come back.”