{"id":14399,"date":"2024-08-23T19:20:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T13:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=470108"},"modified":"2024-08-23T19:20:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T13:50:59","slug":"official-ilkay-gundogan-joins-man-city-until-june-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/official-ilkay-gundogan-joins-man-city-until-june-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Ilkay G\u00fcndogan joins Man City until June 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ilkay G\u00fcndogan has joined back Manchester City from Barcelona. He decided last week that he wants to leave Barcelona who joined them last season only. G\u00fcndogan has returned to City as Pep Guardiola was excited to see him back at the club. He has signed a contract of one year (until June 2025) with an option to extend for further year.<\/p>\n<p>The German midfielder has made a surprising return to Manchester City, rejoining the club from Barcelona after just one season away. The German midfielder, who left City for Barcelona last year, decided last week that he wanted to leave the Catalan giants. His return has been met with enthusiasm by City manager Pep Guardiola, who is thrilled to welcome back a player of G\u00fcndogan\u2019s caliber and experience.<\/p>\n<p>G\u00fcndogan has signed a one-year contract with Manchester City, running until June 2025, with an option to extend for a further year. This move comes as a significant boost for City\u2019s midfield, adding depth and leadership to a squad that is aiming to build on its recent successes. G\u00fcndogan\u2019s return signals his desire to continue contributing to City\u2019s ambitions in both domestic and European competitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ilkay G\u00fcndogan has joined back Manchester City from Barcelona. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":36182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3796,3672,3597,3800],"class_list":["post-14399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-football","tag-gundogan","tag-ilkay-gundogan","tag-manchester-city"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}