On Tuesday, we covered claims from Spain that İlkay Gündoğan’s return to Manchester City is imminent, a year after he left them as a free agent.
It was also said Pep Guardiola has given his approval to the Citizens to sign the Barcelona player.
Jijantes FC took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share the latest on Gündoğan’s move to Manchester City.
The updates are provided by journalist Carlos Monfort, and he claims the 33-year-old is ‘already saying goodbye’ to his Barca teammates at the club’s training facilities.
He adds the German has ‘booked a private flight’ for the trip to England and is expected to arrive in England at 5:30pm [that may be Spanish time]. The former Borussia Dortmund man should carry out the transfer formalities before the transfer is made official.
In short, the Premier League winners should be able to complete the player’s signing soon.
Gündoğan has less than a year left on his deal, but the La Liga side want to get rid of him to save on his wages, It’s reportedly around €20m gross per year and Barca can utilise 70% of it to register players.
