Ilkay Gundogan retires from international football

A look over Ilkay Gundogan's Germany career after announcing his international retirement.

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00:00We'll see, we'll probably see after the tournament and then I'll communicate it as well.

00:16Of course I'm happy if he continues, but in the end, I think such big players are absolutely in the lead themselves

00:25and it's up to him to decide what's the best for his career.

00:30But I was very happy that he's here, that he's our captain.

00:40From his press conferences he's very smart, very intelligent, very clever with his answers.

00:46He left the camp last today, by the way, as captain, waiting for all the players to leave.

00:56Kai has the quality, he's very, very important to us as a team, and very important as a guy.

01:03He has so much experience in his career, but it's not easy to be the captain for the German national team.

01:17As I said, he's a quiet leader who doesn't always speak up in front of the team,

01:22but of course he has a lot of experience and a lot of great coaches.

01:26He has a good feeling for the group as well.

01:35He's an extremely smart player, as I've often said.

01:38We all have to trust him a bit more in this country.

01:41He's had a lot of success.

01:43He was captain of Man City when they won the Champions League,

01:46and rightly so.

01:48He's one of the best players, and he's had a good season at Barcelona.