It’s been in the air for a few weeks, it’s now official: Ilkay Gündogan leaves Manchester City and joins FC Barcelona. After 7 seasons in the north of England, the midfielder has decided not to continue the adventure under the orders of Pep Guardiola.
At the end of the contract, he joined Catalonia and signed a 2-year lease. An essential element of City’s masterful season, the now ex-captain discovers the third country of his career after Germany (Nuremberg and Borussia Sortmund) and therefore England. For the record, he now has a release clause at Barça set at … 400 million euros.