![]() Ultimately, executives were unwilling to offer a long-term contract to a player who will turn 33 in October, putting a one-year deal, with an option of a second season, on the table. City did, too, in fairness, but not at all costs. He had made those feelings clear to City’s executives and then, a month later, to the public, too: “The club knows my opinion.” He wanted him to stay. “Right now, Gundogan is too important for us,” Guardiola told friends the day after his side beat Liverpool 4-1 in April, when they were eight points behind Arsenal. Where City go post-Gundogan might seem less idyllic. ![]() Where Gundogan goes from here is not bad, either: two, possibly three years at Barcelona, one of the world’s biggest clubs and a nice sunny climate for the final years of his career. So imagine coming back for one more glorious season, then scoring twice against both Leeds and Everton on the title run-in as City overhauled Arsenal, and then - perhaps a greater feat than anything else - delivering another pair, in an FA Cup final, against Manchester United, the first after a record-breaking 12 seconds, the second the winner, to keep the treble on track.Īnd then the very last hurrah, lifting the Champions League trophy, the first in City’s history, as club captain.Ĥ️⃣ years of □ #OnThisDay in 2016, Ilkay signed for us! □ But Gundogan’s heroics that day, as City trailed 2-0 and Liverpool pushed on to beat Wolves 3-1 at Anfield - enough to make them champions if City hadn’t taken maximum points too - came as close as you are ever likely to get. “I swear you will never see anything like this ever again,” Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler said famously of Sergio Aguero’s title-winning last kick of the season 10 years earlier.
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