8 | Ilkay Gundogan - 2022/23

[waspish]

Flap flap flap

FFS

Thing is I really think he could be of at end of the season! He has a new wife who will dictate I feel! He might end up at Juventus they love a free player!

 

[decmancity]

Been awesome this season.
He will be hearing the noise about Bellingham etc and he knows the club wont stand still if we lose Bernardo next year.

I am sure Pep would love to keep him around but he won't begrudge him if he wants another challenge also.

 

[hilts]

I'm unsurprised by his missus's reaction (if true of course) since in my experience most Italians are very nationalistic about their food.

Remember dating an Italian from Bologna during my uni days & both her & close friends were very fussy on food. Visiting her in Italia, almost exclusively we had an Italian meal every evening. When I suggested trying the Mexican or Indian restaurant it was met with hostility & would never be as satisfying.

What I love about Manchester is the variety of restaurants & cuisines available which I didn't necessarily find as easy or widely available when visiting certain parts of Italy. I'm sure Gundog's missus could get an authentic pasta or risotto dish in Manchester but most likely at a top price, which would be classed as a simple meal back home. In fact most Italian dishes are quite simple, just accentuated with the freshest of ingredients.

Too simple to be honest my Spag Bol and pasta taste better than anything I’ve had in a Italian restaurant.

 

[Stiff Little Wingers]

I'm unsurprised by his missus's reaction (if true of course) since in my experience most Italians are very nationalistic about their food.

Remember dating an Italian from Bologna during my uni days & both her & close friends were very fussy on food. Visiting her in Italia, almost exclusively we had an Italian meal every evening. When I suggested trying the Mexican or Indian restaurant it was met with hostility & would never be as satisfying.

What I love about Manchester is the variety of restaurants & cuisines available which I didn't necessarily find as easy or widely available when visiting certain parts of Italy. I'm sure Gundog's missus could get an authentic pasta or risotto dish in Manchester but most likely at a top price, which would be classed as a simple meal back home. In fact most Italian dishes are quite simple, just accentuated with the freshest of ingredients.

My wife says Italian food is basically pasta and tomato sauce.

 

[aguero93:20]

Been awesome this season.
He will be hearing the noise about Bellingham etc and he knows the club wont stand still if we lose Bernardo next year.

I am sure Pep would love to keep him around but he won't begrudge him if he wants another challenge also.

He's done plenty for us mate, bar Alfie's little lad he's the player I wanted us to sign the most in my life and he's been amazing, Silky Ilkay, Mister Whippy, if he moves on I'll be grateful for his service and still love him to absolute bits.

 

[David Silva #21]

Really promising performances at CDM. Took me back to 18-19 season.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Being selected Captain by his peers is all you need to know. His performances the past few seasons, one of which he was our top scorer(!!), have been a revelation given his early injury worries.

He has played his part in our success BRILLIANTLY and yet another example of signing class PEOPLE, not just PLAYERS!

Pep talked about it at the end of his Pre-Match Presser today. Outsiders don’t understand that Pep and City can find quality PLAYERS everywhere, but it’s their personal profile, how they will fit into the dressing room, and whether they are the kind of PERSON that will cause any friction in the dressing room, that is THE KEY COMPONENT in pulling the transfer trigger.

When Pep talks about quality, he means PERSON, not just PLAYER! Gundo checks both boxes with a bold Sharpie!

 

[aguero93:20]

Being selected Captain by his peers (in a team with Kevin fucking de Bruyne) is all you need to know

Ftfy

 

[CPPSC]

My wife says Italian food is basically pasta and tomato sauce.

Has she ever been to Italy?

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Too simple to be honest my Spag Bol and pasta taste better than anything I’ve had in a Italian restaurant.

Are you talking English Italian or Italian Italian? Spag bol eaten in it's home city of Bologna is the best I've ever had. I can still taste my last one i had now 5 years ago.

But you're right in saying that as there's plenty of unauthentic Italian restaurants in the UK and lot's in italy too. My worst meal over there was in a restaurant in Florence opposite the famous Ponte Vecchio bridge. They charged about 40% more for a table next to the river Arno. A tourist rip off of nasty tasting packet pasta and tinned sauce. I can cook better myself.