Article by Dragoș Petrescu – published on Saturday, August 23, 2025, 20:19 / Updated on Saturday, August 23, 2025 20:30
Ilkay Gundogan (34 years old) seems to have the days counted at Manchester City. The German footballer was not included in the “citizens” lot for the match with Tottenhamlost by Guardiola's band on their own ground, score 0-2, and can leave Etihad Stadium in this transfer window.
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After in the first round of the new Premier League season, Ilkay Gundogan was not even caught the bank with the Tottenham duel.
According to the information provided by Fabrizio Romano, the famous Italian journalist specialized in the Mercato area, Pep Guardiola wants to reduce City's group, and German and Manuel Akanji are the first to leave the former Champion of England.
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The destinations of the two, but also of the Ederson goalkeeper, seemed to be Galatasaray, according to the same Fabrizio Romano. However, the ones at Sport Bild They said that Guntogan's ideal would be to continue in one of the five top championships of Europe.
Also, the high salary that the midfielder had to ask would have made the heads of the Istanbul band reorient himself. Thus, the German publication announced that, most likely, Gardogan's future will be a return to the Bundesliga, where he last evolved in 2016, for Borussia Dortmund.
Ilkay Gundogan, along with some of his colleagues from Dortmund, celebrating the internal double (championship) of the 2011-2012 // photo: Getty Images
However, the quoted source did not provide information about the team with which Ilkay would be in discussions, but there is a very little chance that he will return to Signal Iduna Park, given that Niko Kovac's band has already been in the median compartment this summer, bringing Jobe Bellingham from Sunderland.
In addition, the heads of “yellow-blacks” are currently having discussions with Chelsea representatives for Cariy Chukwuemeka's definitive transfer, a footballer who has evolved in the previous season in the form of a BVB loan.
Thus, the most plausible variants for Gundogan would be RB Leipzig, Bayer Leverkusen or Eintracht Frankfurt.
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