ESPN FC’s Kay Murray, Craig Burley, Jan Aage Fjortoft and James Olley discuss İlkay Gündoğan being set to leave Manchester City for Barcelona and Mateo Kovacic leaving Chelsea to join Pep Guardiola’s side in their hopes of repeating the treble.
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Thank you Captain Gundo for everything. Enjoy your time at Barca.
Welcome to City Kovacic. I know you'll be a success at City.
City dealt pretty nicely with the loss of captain Kompany, captain Fernandinho, club legend David Silva, club legend Aguero, key players like Sterling, Cancelo, Jesus, Zinchencho so City will cope just fine without Gundogan.
City don't force players to stay against their will. City board and scouting department know what they are doing so no need to panic City fans.
Stay calm, stay humble, stay hungry.
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I see some over confidence from city fans!
Barcelona 😂 singing 32 y player and yet so excited about it!
Pep stole Kloop style of players…but everyone dont say anything about it…
He's played his best years he can take it easy for 3 years in Spain
He's leaving because his wife wants out of England and they've just had a baby. Hes leaving at the pinnacle of his career and city fans wish him well for the future. A class act…
Gundogan – best 20M signing ever?🤔
Miss him as a player?? Yes!! A lot, he was always there for City in the clutch moments. But miss him as a captain that is debatable. There are multiple players in the City team with leadership quality like for example Ruben Dias, Even Walker if he stays and KDB. Gundo is definitely legend in my books so yeah sad to see him leave.
We didn't miss Aguero that much ✅
We didn't miss kompany that much✅
We didn't miss David Silva a lot✅
In Mancity we will always replace legendary ballers✅
With ELITE ballers ✨✅
Gundogan with Pedri and De jong will be a horror
Gundo was Pep's first signing. Hes literally been there for the whole journey. Perfect time to leave
really I am very very happy for Barcelona too sign this player this is one of the player we need we still have a lot of job to do but I love Barcelona
ansu fati better give up that 10 jersey
When barca calls you come
lewy and gundongan meet again
Lewandowski and Gundogan again together <3
Traitor. Get lost.
Ansu fati and Ferran should be sold lol
Pep Guardiola is a best coach in the world right now
Poeple need to understand that football clubs need to evolve beyond what the have and pep understand that no matter how good a player is
Barca will also be a bigger draw than Sheikh City no matter how many trophies they’ve bought
Ilkay will go there never sold next season for a profit. When will these players learn
He’s going to the retirement club 😂😂😂
Thanks Gundo…wish you all the best ❤
Now get Declan Rice's agebt on the phone…we need to f*ck Arsenal…😂
Looking like back door Shady deal shenanigans
tf is this guy talking about? Man City were literally offering him more wages than Barca. You think Barca can match City when it comes to money? these English journalists are just something else. If money was a factor, he would have just gone to PSG. OR, I'm sure a Saudi club would have offered him way more if he wanted it.
Silva, gundo, cancelo, walker, mahrez all potenitally leaving. Pep will make city stronger somehow someway.
He will be missed but City, but they will continue with their winning mentality.
Pep,has already got his plans cooked up.
Gundogan will miss City. He relies on the high-priced, highly talented team around him. He is a shadow of his EPL form when he plays for Germany, I would expect the same poor play at Barca.
Debruyne was right city is a machine, we'll be fine just a minor oil change.
Can Barca even register him???
Gundogan will be a huge miss at City. He is result drivenand his football intelligence is amazing, very similar to Steven Gerard's. He's a match winner and a leader every manager can rely on. He singlehandedly stopped the 2021/22 PL title from going to Anfield. No Liverpool fan would forget this guy in a hurry. A player whose later football years are ironically far better than his prime. What a player. Barca are lucky to have him.
Not continuing your Legacy and become a cult hero at a club.Rather going for the smaller, riddled with corruption and chaos club(Barcelona atm) seems like a bad decision to me. Maybe he has lower drive and does not want to fight 2 more players for his position at this age.
Ilkay Gundogan will FOREVER be remembered as the captain of Manchester City's 2022-23 Treble winning team, there is NOTHING left to accomplish for Gundogan at Man City. If he ever comes back to the Etihad to pay against City NO ONE will jeer him! He'll be remembered with great fondness by Man City fans!
As a city fan, xavi should play gundo as an 8 and fdj at 6
Welp….guess this means Neymar isnt going back to swamp nou
It's a coup for Barcelona, personally I'm sad to see him go but oh well go to Barcelona who aren't going to do any significant in Europe 2023-24 ???
City will miss his goal scoring
Who can resist the request of a wife? None. Yes he will be missed on some games but to play for MC is very demanding on long run. It was shocking to see just after the UCL final the tears, tired players and relaxation.
My concern is that the top players may not decide well. CR would be on top at RM, Messi also. We saw several great players who could not even get close to their former performance like Bale, Lukaku, E Hazard….. MC is the best choice for new club.
Good luck Ilkay I expected you to become a top trainer at City!
Barca is Barca, world best player play there regardless of trophies, freinkie dejon world best mid fielder,lewandowski best striker,arouja best defender, look the the player there Jesus christ, look manager Xavi one of my frvt player, look Xavi very good player he was, Zidane is good but Xavi is Xavi guys if u love football
Barcelona till I'm death,biggest fan
Barcelona is gonna be a monster next season!