Welcome Gundogan!

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bucks said:
Yet another foreigner who has never worked in UK yet speaks perfect English. How the fuck do they do it? I been struggling with Spanish on and off for 20 years and I'm fucking useless. Anyway, keep him away from our medical team and he should be right as rain in no time.
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Funnily years ago a mate of mine spent a couple of months in Germany and come home being rather fluent... Couldn´t spell correctly but he got along speaking it.
Surely helped that everyone around him spoke German, or as he put it.. If you have to ask locals where the bog is you learn quickly
 
domalino said:
Well Schweingsteiger and Khedira were in front of him when he was in his early 20's.

Then he was out with a back injury from August 2013-March 2015.

Then he was a regular until his latest injury.
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He somehow made a "slow start" into professional football, too.
With 18/19 he decided to go from Bochum to Nuremberg instead of doing it like the most footballers on grammar school - they often leave with 18 after 12 years and have a "Fachabitur" - A-levels that let you study in combination with a practical phase or apprenticeship not on normal universities in Germany but on universities of applied sciences. He repeated the 12th form for the change from North Rhein Westphalia to Bavaria (in some areas in Germany you get an easier ride to get your A-levels...) and then made his A-levels in the two years in Nuremberg in addition to do his normal shift as professional footballer.

It is not really normal that Germans with migration background - especially that from Turkey - make their A-levels. And as said - most of the talented footballers on grammar schools skip the last one or two years when they find out that they can go professional or during their time in the U19 as football then already is too professional then and getting fulltime school and fulltime football together is very difficult here.

He blossomed with Dieter Hecking in Nuremburg - same coach Kevin de Bruyne shone with at Wolfsburg...

Actually he is the only player from Dortmund that I would have liked to have in Munich as I watch him since his time in Nuremberg.

He is the type of player Pep will really like - smart on and off the pitch.
 
Obviously a great footballer with the engine to match. I'm going to reserve judgement until he's on the pitch for us and played a handful of games. The injury situation is a concern however we dress it up. The money spent made it a no brainer though in fairness.
 
How the fuck did we steal him for £20M?? Awesome bit of negotiating. I'm sure his work rate will put others to shame. It will be great to see him alongside Ferni.
 
mancity dan said:
How was it announced on Twitter? Can't see what was posted before.

Great signing.
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People on Twitter had been bombarding Mcfc with tweets saying announce Gundogan over and over again for the last few weeks and this morning he just wrote @mcfc announce Gundogan and ended it with a wink
 
rnblade said:
How the fuck did we steal him for £20M?? Awesome bit of negotiating. I'm sure his work rate will put others to shame. It will be great to see him alongside Ferni.
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Only a year left on his contract, and will likely miss the start of the season.
Nice that we used that to our advantage, rather than being strung along.
 
oakiecokie said:
Just had a look bob and their bitterness clearly shines through.Let them eat shit.
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Funny that he's a crock, despite playing 70 games over the last 2 years, whilst on the very same site, Shaw is the best left back in the league, even after his leg snap.
 
Great Great signing and a great fee in this age even if the situation was in our favour. Pep will love him with his passing.
 
Excellent signing.....loved his interview.....seems important to him to repay us for putting so much trust in him, even tho he recovering from injury! The big thing I noticed from his injury question, was that the ligament was stretched and not torn....I'm no doctor but this is really positive news and likely needs alot less time to recover which is why we hopeful he'll be back late Aug!! Great signing.....still work to be done....hopefully Laporte and Aubameyang next!!!
 
Rammy Blue said:
They now sound gutted about having to quote him as saying he could be back at end of Aug, pmsl.
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Their bitterness knows no bounds mate. However, I note the 'back by September' prediction was based to a degree on self-diagnosis by the player himself, and the track record of City players in this regard isn't what you might call stellar in terms of accuracy, so I'll hang fire on putting out the bunting just yet. When fit though he is a cracking little player, with a superb range of passing. Welcome aboard!
 
Wow stunning signing. Been calling for him for a few years a classy player. Dont think it will take him long to settle in at the club and to hear him talk about his injury its all good. I think 20 million is a snip for a class player like him. I think this will be our best signing of the window by far.
 
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