Guardiola delighted at Gundogan return
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.