2023-06-21 18:43:10
Ilkay Gündogan will be Barça’s first signing. Actually, he is the second, with the agreement already closed for days with Íñigo Martínez, the central defender of Athletic, but it may be the first to be announced by the club. Gündogan has confirmed to Barça that he accepts the offer that he has been studying for so many days and that he will end up at the Camp Nou next season (in Montjuïc, which will be the initial headquarters of the team from this month of August).
Gundogan’s yes generated a dose of relief in the Barça team, due to the strategic and tactical importance of the German footballer, of Turkish descent and Manchester City captain who has won the treble. The conversations have been taking place for several weeks, and as the season progressed and City’s successes followed one another, the footballer became dizzy at changing clubs.
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Barça’s proposal, the football challenge point of starting a new adventure at the age of 32, has finished convincing Gündogan, born in Gelsenkirchen (Germany) on August 24, 1990. In his hometown he participated on Tuesday in the friendly between Germany and Colombia (0-2). In Barcelona he will meet again with Robert Lewandowski, an old teammate at Borussia Dortmund between 2011 and 2014, when the striker went to Bayern Munich. Two years later, Gundogan left for Manchester. He landed with Pep Guardiola that same summer.
The soccer player underwent a medical examination this Wednesday in Munich, according to Relevo, a prerequisite for the operation to be completed. The midfielder will sign for two seasons and an optional third and will have a record of close to 9 million euros. Barça could announce the signing this Thursday or Friday.
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