New Manchester City signing Ilkay Gundogan is set to join Pep Guardiola's coaching staff in the future

On Friday afternoon, Manchester City confirmed the signing of Ilkay Gundogan from Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​a year after the same switch in reverse had taken place. The 33-year-old won't cost City a cent.

According to The AthleticGundogan had no intention of leaving Barcelona until last Thursday. After training, Gundogan met with Hansi Flick to discuss his future, and it was after his meeting with the Barcelona coach that he picked up the phone to Pep Guardiola.

His information is that Gundogan came out of the meeting without clarity on his future, but Flick said that he could not guarantee Gundogan an important role due to the arrival of Dani Olmo, Pedri and Fermin Lopez compete for the same position.

When Gundogan called Guardiola, the Catalan coach confirmed that he would be happy to have him back, but needed to confirm with the recruitment department that they were on board. After getting the green light, Barcelona Sporting Director Deco was informed on Sunday that Gundogan was looking at exit options.

However, during the original call with Guardiola, Gundogan explained that he was already thinking about life after the game, and was keen to go into coaching. It was suggested that after his retirement, he wanted to join Guardiola's coaching team, where he was at the time, an idea that Guardiola was positive about.