Ilkay Gundogan says he continues to help Metropolis, despite the fact that he will likely be making an attempt to assist Galatasaray make our Champions League process even tougher on Wednesday night.
Our former skipper, who led the Blues to an unforgettable Treble in 2022/23, was talking at Galatasaray’s Tuesday night press convention on the Etihad.
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The previous crowd favorite performed 358 instances for Metropolis over two durations, scoring 65 objectives as he bagged 14 main trophies.
Requested whether or not he nonetheless took curiosity in our outcomes, Gundogan mentioned: “After all, I’m nonetheless a fan of this soccer membership, this staff and this supervisor.
“I watch as many video games of Metropolis’s as I can and even when we weren’t dealing with them on this competitors, it wouldn’t change something for me as a result of there are such a lot of individuals near my coronary heart right here, and clearly I want Metropolis nothing however the perfect.”
And ‘Gundo’ believes Metropolis are greater than able to searching down Premier League leaders Arsenal.
The previous German worldwide was a part of a number of Metropolis groups who got here from behind to grab the title, and he reckons it may occur once more this season
“I nonetheless consider Metropolis are capable of beat Arsenal to the Premier League title – they have been capable of shut the hole down final weekend and everyone knows that after this Metropolis staff will get momentum, I feel they are going to be capable to go on an extended unbeaten run,” he mentioned.
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“I consider in them, I consider within the supervisor and the staff ,and I want them nothing however the perfect.”
And Gundogan issued a warning forward of the ultimate scheduled league section conflict concerning the risks of Erling Haaland who he believes will likely be determined to get again among the many objectives in opposition to the Turkish facet.
“By no means underestimate him,” he smiled.
“He’s probably the greatest strikers on the planet and he’s a purpose machine and everyone knows that he has the whole lot in his locker to attain as many objectives in a sport in the course of the season as he needs, so it’s nearly unimaginable to regulate him all through 90 minutes in sport.
“However after all, it’s vital for us on Wednesday night to cease him – however not simply Erling – as a staff, collectively and attempt to stop conditions the place he can rating.
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“That will likely be one of many secrets and techniques if we’re to get one thing out of the sport tomorrow.”
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