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Ilkay Gundoan, who shared Manchester City's heyday, is leaving the team. It's a farewell to another historic Man City player after Kevin De Bruyne.
European football transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano said on social network service (SNS) on the 2nd (Korea time) that Guendoan's trip to Galatasaray in Turkiye has been confirmed.
The contract period is said to be until June 2027. Manchester City will let their long-time companion Gündogan go on a free transfer.
On the same day, the British TBR Football reported that "Ilkay Gündogan has agreed to leave Manchester City for a second time, and joins Galatasaray after discussing his future with Pep Guardiola.'
Man City were busy on the closing day of the transfer window. In a hurry to complete the signing of goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in France, Ederson was traded to Fenerbahce (Turkiye).
Manuel Akanji left on loan to Inter Milan (Italy), and Ilkay Gundoan, who had a lot of influence in the team, is also expected to be another defector. Gündogan will travel to Turkiye to complete his full transfer to Galatasaray.
Gündogan is said to have decided to leave Manchester City after talking to Pep Guardiola.
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GBR Football's Graham Bailey added: "Galatasaray had also been in contact with Gündogan earlier this summer, who was open to a transfer at the time but ultimately decided to compete for a place"But after a long conversation with Pep Guardiola, he has now accepted that his future is outside Manchester City."," he said.
Bailey also said that `Guendian had a close and amicable conversation with Pep. I won't be able to play a lot of games on the spot, but there was an offer that I could stay in the squad if I wanted to"
The Turkiye transfer window is open for another week, but Galatasaray must hurry to register as a player to use Gündogan in the UEFA Champions League this season.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
