OFFICIAL: İlkay Gündogan, new FC Barcelona player!

İlkay Gündogan Is culé. After several months of negotiation, the FC Barcelona has arrived to an agreement for the incorporation of the German midfield player by the next two seasons. They have won the battle to a Manchester City that, until the last instant, has tried that it extended his stay in the Etihad Stadium after seven years working under the orders of Pep Guardiola. It achieved all the possible titles and turned into one of the best players of the world, by what now was prepared for a new challenge to level futbolístico.

Gündogan Has the aim of 'conquer' Spain, after his successful step by Germany and England. It went through the rows of the SV Hessler 06 and VfL Bochum before adding , with 18 years, to the staff of the 1. FC Nürnberg, where had the opportunity to debut in the Bundesliga and win the interest of important clubs like the Borussia Dortmund, where finish to form like one of the most complete midfield players of all Europe. With Jürgen Klopp converted , very soon, in a player irremplazable, even after happening 420 days in the infirmary by an injury in the vertebral column that forced him, between other things, to lose the World-wide of 2014, that won Germany.

In the German competition showed of which wood was fact, but since it gave the jump to the Manchester City (2016) has written his name in gold. It is the midfield player 'todoterreno' and the one who knows to anticipate to all what occurs to his around. It is not casualidad that Pep Guardiola, that few times insists to the players that can go out of the Etihad Stadium, asked publicly his continuity. It knows that it will be very complicated to find a Gündogan 2.0 that mark the times of the team, find spaces where do not exist and that, besides, him of very well find in front of the goal.

Gündogan Arrives after a historical season in Manchester

The born in Gelsenkirchen will land in the City Condal after a season in which it has been one of the key pieces so that the Manchester City achieved the triplete of Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup. It was the brain of the team and an exceptional leader. It cost of the falls of the recent years in Europe to promote to his to a new final. It was the silent hero, the attendant of the work 'dirty' and the one who many times appeared for desatascar the parties.

His balance in the last season was of 51 parties (3.856 minutes), in which it was to title in 45 opportunities varying of 'responsibility' and position in the field, depending on the needs of Pep. It participated in 18 goals: eleven annotated them he and delivered other seven assistances. It left to be a secondary actor, behind the stars, and happened to have a paper protagónico in the most important nights. His doublet in the final of the FA Cup, against the Manchester United, and the impossible targets are proof of this.

Gündogan, a new 'jugón' for Xavi!

For the Barça, the signing of Gündogan is a round operation. A hit in the market. Further that it arrives like free agent and with intention to assume a lower wage, the Barcelona club is fichando to one of the best players of the actuality, that can be key to go back to compete in the Champions League. It is a 'win-win'. The German will go back to find with Robert Lewandowski, with the one who coincided in the Borussia Dortmund, and will find a partner of wonders in the staff: Pedri González. There is a lot of confidence, by part of Xavi Hernández, by how will be the centre of the field having both.

The trainer egarense has been the first that has bet in his incorporation. And it go that had reasons. Gündogan, that always fixed of Xavi like player ("Adored to Xavi, always went my model and fixed me in him. The truth is that I do not know if it follows playing, but went a teacher How played with Iniesta, Messi... In this Barcelona! I enjoyed it a lot", it said in 2017 in an interview to 'MARK'), has all the characteristics to fit in the Barcelona approach. It is 'molding' by Pep Guardiola and this is a 'plus' tremendo.

It comports like the brain of the team. It happened in Dortmund and in Manchester. It injects a lot of precision in the passes and benefits of his peripheral vision to find spaces that others can not see. This, with his polivalencia, skill to handle the times of the party and good positioning, at all times, turn him into the profile that so much were looking for in Barcelona to strengthen, more, his centre of the field. It aims to carry the baton... To be the new Barcelona leader from the medullary?