Ilkay Gundogan - Done Deal

[Blue-Ghana]

Actually thinks it's a backward step unless we offer him a player coach role.

He is good option if we are not paying Barca the transfer fee .We are too reliant on Kdb for goals from the midfield .

 

[Lauz9888]

I'd take Gundo back in a heartbeat.

 

[117 M34]

Wonder if he comes back whether he will be voted in as captain again

 

[we are the east stand]

Please come home Gundo

 

[Burtonblue]

Everything is possible, but I find your extrapolation of one idea (his return) far more “possible” than your second (him becoming the next coach here).

That’s not to say he couldn’t be A coach here, and even take one of the younger teams as his own, but first team coach seems a stretch today.

We don’t even know if he really wants to come back here yet, do we?

Correct. He may well not come back but if he does I still maintain he would be a potential manager here. After all it’s pretty much how Pep fell into the Barca gig isn’t it.
First step is coming back (obviously)
Second is managing the youngsters (which he already has experience of btw!) after he stops playing, and third is replacing Pep when he eventually leaves.
Bit of dreaming never did any harm eh..

 

[youngbob]

Fabrizio being the one to "break" this has me worried that Ilkay's agent is just shopping around and using his City history to get a bigger contract from some other team.

 

[Pubteam Lomas]

Not read the whole thread, but he’s announced his retirement from international football.
More reasons to make it happen.

 

[Silvatoure21]

I've always been negative when posters have suggested bringing him back, because he chose to leave. he broke my heart.

But fuck it, I am ready to get hurt again. Bring the boy home!

I don’t think he ever broke my heart. He served a great purpose for us and celebrated what he achieved with us and I wished him luck in the future. Never wanted him to leave but understood his wanting something different. But end of day, gundogan is a valuable leader and player and if he wants to come back knowing his minutes will be limited, I’m all for it. If we can swap cancelo, even better.

 

[Haaland94]

here we go?

 

[69FACUPfinal]

I saw something on TwiX before linking him with Arsenal. God forbid no!!