I recall there was talk of him linked with Barca some years ago.
Never trust the Spanish guys, should it be?
İlkay Gündoğan
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Never trust the Spanish guys, should it be?
That's what you get for being a greedy bastard.
not that bothered about him resigning, had an idea he would. His injuries have been a concern as well.
It was the best option in the first place, staying in a good club, earning decent money and eventually move next season.
Ffs, yet another player using us. This is getting tedious. Just come here for fecks sake we're better then dortmund you'll enjoy it more.
I imagine this fecker was asking for a fortune if none of the top clubs were willing to take a chance with him...
So the rumors about hum beung a greedy cnut were true?
With a 1 year extension? He didn't used anyone, he just failed in his quest for a new club.
This is one where it seems he wasn't actually using us. Signing a new contract was a last resort for him as everybody else turned down the wages he was asking for.
People have now just decided that every time something like this happens it will just be a case of a player using us even though that clearly isn't the case here. If Gundogan had actually got a great contract after using us then why the feck would Dortmund make him sign only one year extension. It's obvious that he thought that his value would be great but in the real market no club was ready to pay much to a player with such a bad injury record .In the end Dortmund and him have reached a kind of a compromise where they keep him for another year and see how things develop next summer
Disappointed about this one Schneiderlin and Schweinsteiger will soften the blow though.
Schneiderlin and Schweinsteiger will soften the blow though.Its a lazy stereotype that people seem to always clutch at.
Is it me or is gundogan always wearing that grey t shirt?
Now we know why he wants so much money the poor fecker
If clubs really wanted him and were serious he would be gone by now
How does him failing to gain a big money move to accept his immediate future is at Dortmund make him greedy?
If anything he is doing Dortmund a huge favour. We have loads moaning in the DDG thread that he should have extended his contract so we can get a bigger fee. Well if Gundogan finds his form again there will be no shortage of takers in 12 months willing to fork out a lot of cash
Including us? I find it hard to believe.
Why not? United cannot pay everybody at Rooney's level and coming to United was a step up for Gundogan technically...
Well, at least that's one less saga for us to break sleep over
completely lost interest when seeing how little he'd played for ages.
signing a 1 year deal just smacks of him keeping his options open.
imagine if De Gea ends up doing this!
signing a 1 year deal just smacks of him keeping his options open.
imagine if De Gea ends up doing this!
It's a win-win, seeing as (presumably) no club wanted to take a risk on him given his injury record and (so far) underwhelming comeback. He gets to stay around for another year at Dortmund to prove his worth, without them taking the risk of losing him for nothing by keeping him another season.
Rumours about us agreeing a deal or being interested in some player, player signs a new deal.
Conclusion: He is using us.....
Conclusion: He is using us.....
Pretty lazy conclusion. Why on Earth would he use us, Barca and Bayern, whom would be a step up and pay better wages, just to get a one year extention on his current contract at Dortmund at the age of 24?
Its not my opinion or conclusion. I meant that I love when people have conclusions like that.
No one wanted him 
Thiago hasnt played much either tho..and I'd be swarming over him...
Ah, my bad sorry. Hard to tell on here!
Maybe I should have been more precise.Ah, my bad sorry. Hard to tell on here!
Clearly you have used the wrong emoticon in your otherwise, flawless, translation
Would be really interesting to find out what the story was. Many top clubs were linked with him but no one went ahead. There might still be some question marks regarding his back / fitness level
I dont know, but since when did Steven Seagal work for Dortmund?
I imagine so. Now he can prove himself again and see where it leads. The one year extension doesn't lock him in prohibitively either.
Any particular reason we didn't sign this guy? Were strong rumors at the start of the summer (Bild even "confirmed" it I think?) but all of a sudden we ended up with Schmidfield instead. Surely the money wasn't an issue. He's looked very good the last 3-4 games, hopefully he's left his back problems behind him. Him and Reus have been my muppet signings since 12/13.
Think you answered your own question there. I suppose that's exactly why other clubs haven't been in for him as well, Bayerns, Barcelonas and all that. I guess Ilkay he's been the most's favourite since that BVB campaign against Bayern and in the CL but his injuries will always make the buyers think twice. Same goes for Reus who I rate very highly but I'd be scared to buy him.Any particular reason we didn't sign this guy? Were strong rumors at the start of the summer (Bild even "confirmed" it I think?) but all of a sudden we ended up with Schmidfield instead. Surely the money wasn't an issue. He's looked very good the last 3-4 games, hopefully he's left his back problems behind him. Him and Reus have been my muppet signings since 12/13.
I think we were definitely interested, however he had just returned from a long term injury and the wages he/his agent were demanding didn't justify the perceived risk. I have a feeling we had essentially agreed a fee of about £25mil for him.Any particular reason we didn't sign this guy? Were strong rumors at the start of the summer (Bild even "confirmed" it I think?) but all of a sudden we ended up with Schmidfield instead. Surely the money wasn't an issue. He's looked very good the last 3-4 games, hopefully he's left his back problems behind him. Him and Reus have been my muppet signings since 12/13.
Hope we are in for him next season to replace Carrick.
There was a local paper that was adamant we had a deal with him. They are known to be reliable. The rumour is we pulled out once we saw Schweinsteiger as a possibility. Put that is true, I can see him coming here. If he's form goes as expected, Barca will be in for him next year.
He had just 1, very long, injury. And there are no problem at all anymore since he was operated. And that's a year ago already. The only concern the clubs had was if he is able to get back to his best in terms of form or not. And right now it seems he will.
Will be another muppet story in the summer. Really stupid that he extended his contract for only 1 year. He could do well in Dortmund on the longterm together with the likes of Reus, Hummels and Tuchel. But however he's going to leave next summer, if Barca, Real or Bayern want him he will join them for sure, if not he will probably end up in the BPL.
I'm not too sure what to make of him. The way they sold it to the press he's happy to stay at Dortmund but he also has a couple of clubs (probably Real, Barca, Bayern) he really wants to play for. I think there were already reports about Bayern being interested this summer, but someone there had doubts about him and they supposedly wanted to rip off Dortmund, which apparently the player ruled out.
Still I think if one of those three clubs shows interest he'll most likely leave, but if that doesn't happen things might be a little bit more open than they seem and a lot may depend on whether or not Dortmund can keep their other stars and how this season goes.
Still I think if one of those three clubs shows interest he'll most likely leave, but if that doesn't happen things might be a little bit more open than they seem and a lot may depend on whether or not Dortmund can keep their other stars and how this season goes.
It seems to me that a number of Dortmund's star players have decided to give the club another year, another chance to prove that they are an elite club after such a disastrous season. If Dortmund continue to pull up trees under Tuchel, I can see Gundogan, Reus and Hummels all staying, they seem a tight knit, loyal group.
I think it's more likely Gundogan didn't get the move he was after. After another year of proving his fitness and form to potential suitors I expect he'll move on. I think Dortmund having a good season will make that more likely, not less.
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