Will Leave Man City, Barcelona Candidate for Gundogan’s Fifth Club

Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan is reportedly set to leave the English club and join Barcelona. If he leaves, then Barcelona will become the German midfielder’s fourth club with Turkish blood after VfL Bochum, Nuremberg, Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City.

Gundogan started his professional football career with German club, VfL Bochum. He strengthened the club based in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia between 2008-2009. He then moved to the east but still strengthened the German club, Nuremberg, which he defended between 2008-2011.

After three seasons at Nurnberg, Gundogan then returned to Nordrhein Westfalen to strengthen one of the German giants, Borussia Dortmund. Together with the club based at the Signal Iduna Park Stadium, Gundogan won two titles in the same season, namely the Bundesliga or German League and the DFB POkal or German Cup, namely in 2011-12.

His prowess in Dortmund made Man City interested in signing the player who was born in Gelsenkirchen. After five seasons with Dortmund, Gundogan was withdrawn by Man City and appeared in the Premier League.

Together with Manchester City, Gundogan has won 14 titles.

The 14 titles include five Premier League titles (2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23), 2 FA Cups (2018–19, 2022–23), 4 League Cups England (2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21), 2 Community Shields (2018, 2019), and 1 Champions League (2022–23). He won three of the 14 titles this season and presented the treble for Man City.

The PA news agency said the Germany international, whose contract expires this summer, was unlikely to extend his partnership with the recently-winning club. treble That.

Man City have offered the 32-year-old a new one-year contract with the option of a further 12 months, but Barca are understood to have presented a more tempting, and more financially lucrative, three-year package.

Man City are comfortable with the situation and the player will leave with their blessing.

The development comes on the same day Man City are understood to have agreed a £30m deal with Chelsea to sign Croatian midfielder Mateo Kovacic.

The champions are set to pay an initial £25m for the 29-year-old with an additional £5m to follow in potential add-ons.

The influential former Borussia Dortmund midfielder has won 14 trophies in his seven years at City.

This year Gundogan lifted three trophies after City became the second English team to win the treble.

The club are eager to retain his services but, given his age, they would be willing to let him go. Moreover, Barcelona’s offer is quite attractive.

Kovacic will arrive at City as a four-time Champions League winner after joining champions Chelsea in 2021 and winning three times with Real Madrid. He also played with Inter Milan early in his career.

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