Guardiola delighted at Gundogan return

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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola expressed his delight at Ilkay Gundogan returning to the club after a 1 year spell at Barcelona Etihad Training Campus, Manchester, UK

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00:00The return of Ilkay Gundogan, how happy are you that he's back?

00:05Yeah, a lot.

00:08Most of the times, all the managers, we said that finish the transfer window, everything can happen.

00:14This is the real proof.

00:16He was completely surprised and expected.

00:20And, you know, it happened.

00:23We know him quite well, me personally, but the staff and the players and everyone.

00:31And, you know, the quality that he played last season in Barcelona.

00:35He played at a high, high level, consistency, playing a lot of minutes, games and producing a lot.

00:42We didn't have any doubts, but the possibility was open.

00:47And, yeah, absolutely delighted that he's back.

00:50I was going to say, was it a no-brainer when Cheeky put the idea to you that Gundogan could return?

00:55Was it an easy yes from you?

00:56Yeah.

00:58Is his role going to change this time?

01:01Now he's a year older or you've found a solution in your squad without him?

01:06Of course, he's not a teenager anymore.

01:08But the reason why we decided the chance to do it is for the level he played last season.

01:17So in his season, last season was not playing the level that we expect he's going to deliver.

01:27Maybe you have to think about it.

01:29But, you know, even the Euros, playing with a national team, with Nagelsmann, played really, really good as well.

01:36So that's why.

01:38And he knows what we want to do.

01:40He doesn't need adapt, you know.

01:43He knows the city, he knows the club, the mates and the way we want to play.

01:46So we immediately, you know, settled, I guess, good.

01:53And that's why we could do it and we did it.

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