Ilkay Gundogan (32 years old) is one of the goals of boat to strengthen the midfield this summer. The German ended his contract on June 30 with the City of Manchester and so far it seems that he has decided to change the scenery. For weeks, its agents have been in talks with boat, where they already have an agreement in principle to come for free and sign for three seasons. A contrasted signing and guarantees at zero cost, following the pattern of last year in Andreas Christensen.
However, in recent days in the offices of the Camp Nou, they fear running out Gundoganwhich is the key to a city who have already conquered the Premier and are two steps away from winning the treble. The British team, which initially offered him one more season, now agrees to offer him a long contract, as the player wants. The counter offer of cityadded to the economic uncertainty of boatthat the League was still pending, caused some uncertainty and even some pessimism in the offices about a possible German arrival.
Unlike inigo martinezwho is engaged boat months ago despite having no assurance that it could be registered, Gundogan He will only sign with the Barça club if he is sure there will be no contractual problems. And the League’s slowness to give the green light to Barça’s economic viability plan does not help in this case.
Right now, the League did not even give ‘OK’ to register the new contracts of Gavi, Araujo, Mark Alonso and Sergi Roberto, which is the step before the registration of new signatures. The body that rules javier thebes He asked the Barça club for more documentation and needed more days to give an answer. Although in Barça they are convinced that they will receive the green light from the League, this delay affects the ongoing operations, and may endanger some, such as Gundogan.
Together out of Jordi Albathe final outcome of the case Messi It will also have an impact on the sports planning for next season, as the numbers are one or the other with or without the Argentine in the squad. The remaining departures, especially if there is an important transfer, will also affect, so for now uncertainty surrounds the possible arrival of GundoganIt looks like it was almost done a few weeks ago. In Barça’s favor is the fact that the German will now focus on the Champions League finals and not his future. Like this Barcelona will get time and hopefully finally Gundogan play for Barcelona.
Source: La Verdad
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