Ilkay Gundogan: will Barcelona star return to Man City?

Big-game Gundo won 14 trophies and captained City to the treble during his seven seasons at the Etihad.

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00:00I just try to contribute to the team with the way I play, with my football, in the best possible way.

00:05He turns into Prime Zidane, doesn't he?

00:07I love him.

00:10I adore him.

00:11Mondogan is the one who just makes everything link so well together, because he's such an incredible player.

00:17I'm married, but I adore him.

00:31He's so intelligent, Gundo.

00:33Gundo is so clever, so intelligent, so competitive.

00:36He's under pressure, he handles it without a problem.

00:40He's one of the best players I've ever trained in my career.

00:45The whole pack is top.

00:48Top, top, top class.

01:01He's technically unbelievable, tactically.

01:04And he's the manager on the pitch, because he knows how to control the game.

01:11He knows how to accelerate the game.

01:13He knows how to make sure the team stops and they just keep the ball a little bit.

01:18He dictates the tempo of the game.

01:20And players like that, losing them can be damaging.

01:25We've got three, two, one.

01:27So important.

01:29He's a so important player.

01:31I try to lead by example.

01:33And even though maybe I'm not the loudest one in the dressing room, I try to lead with my actions.

01:40He's so important. He's a so important player.

01:46I try to lead by example, and even though maybe I'm not the loudest one in the dressing

01:52room, I try to lead with my actions, you know, and with going, going, going, going forward

01:58always and that's really it. We have a lot of characters in that team who are loud, who

02:06are quiet, everyone is different.

02:08He doesn't talk much, but when he talks, everybody listens, and this is the power of the leader.

02:13He will go down in the folklore of Manchester City forever.

02:18I'd probably say he's a big game player. Always turns up in the hardest moments of the season,

02:27scoring goals and just his overall game, what he brought to us. I was so sad to see him leave.