Barcelona wants to announce the arrival of Ilkay Gundogan immediately after the Champions League final and thus complete one of the most important jobs of this summer before the player’s international obligations begin, writes well-informed Mundo Deportivo. Gundogan would thus join the German national team as a player of the Spanish champions. For everything to be as it is written by the respected Catalan newspaper, last night’s information in the media also says that Mateo Kovacic has agreed to personal terms with Manchester City, so his transfer from Chelsea will be made official when Gundogan moves to the Nou Camp and the Citizens and the Blues find a common language about compensation.🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE.İlkay Gündoğan has agreed to sign with Barcelona for 3 seasons.After the Champions League Final he will make the final decision but Barça trusts that he will sign for them, accepting a life change for him and his family.#FCB 🇩🇪Via (🟢): @MatteMoretto pic.twitter.com/gs7e8Ivvjs— Barça Buzz (@Barca_Buzz) June 9, 2023 Kovačić (29) is about to enter the last year of his contract with the London club, so it should not be expected that the leaders of Chelsea will create too many complications for him regarding his departure. Gundogan is almost four years older, but not only is this not reflected in his game, but it can be said that this last season was at perhaps the highest level in terms of the quality of his game. Barca’s coach Xavi will welcome his experience in his extra-young midfield.Gundogan: How I made Klopp mad and drank wine with PepOn the other hand, the Croatian midfielder will crown an incredible career by joining another European giant, and he will have the opportunity to work with Pep Guardiola for the first time. Although he was hardly a main player anywhere, the Croatian found an important role in the rotation at every club and with every coach he worked with. Thus, in Inter, he had 97 appearances in three seasons, in Real, 109 in the same time, and in Chelsea, 221 during five seasons. The player himself said he had a ‘bad season’ at Chelsea, but it’s hard to figure out how he thinks to take a first-team place in City when he hasn’t been able to do it in an average-looking London side. If he is looking to be just a rotation player, he will surely have a great season at City, which aims to fight on four fronts again.Bruno pays tribute to Gundogan: “He was amazing, and we’re bitterly disappointed”Gundogan played professional football for Bochum’s second team in the 2008/2009 season and drew a lot of attention from the European and world public at Borussia Dortmund between 2011 and 2016. Manchester City paid 27,000,000 euros to the German midfielder of Turkish origin in July 2016. At that time, he was on the verge of moving to Barcelona. Now he will arrive at the Nou Camp as a free agent.##NAJAVA_MECA_7311902##
