Gundogan delivers again for City in FA Cup final but tight-lipped on new contract -
“I don’t need these kind of days to feel appreciated and feel special in this club,” Gundogan said after scoring after 13 seconds and again in the 51st minute to lead City to victory in the first all-Manchester FA Cup final. “I know that and that is why I have been here seven years.”A one-year extension is on the table for the 32-year-old Gundogan. He wants a two-year deal, reportedly for some longer-term security for him and his family.
clearly wants to keep Gundogan. They are good friends - they live next door to each other in an apartment block in Manchester - and they have the same footballing vision.“He knows what I think of him,” Guardiola said. “ Txiki is working on it, hopefully we can do it. The season he has done is exceptional.”
Gundogan is a FA Cup record-breaker after scoring the quickest ever goal in the final, timed at 12.91 seconds according to the BBC, and the scorer of a cup-winning goal. , who has played Gundogan as a holding midfielder, a box-to-box central midfielder and a second striker off Erling Haaland this season, praised his mentality and consistency of performance.If the Champions League is to be Gundogan’s last game - he has been linked with a move to Barcelona if he does leave City - then he is desperate to go out as a treble winner.
“We have a chance to do something special and win the treble and we do not want to let this opportunity pass us by,” he said.
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