Man City midfielder Gundogan says 'yes' to Barça pending Liga registration
Gundogan is ready to sign for Barcelona as long as they can guarantee his inscription
Ilkay Gundogan continues to prioritise playing for Barcelona. This is the understanding of the Catalan club, who are working flat out to secure the registration of the German international, something that must happen almost immediately for everything to crystallise without any problems. Gundogan has agreed to sign for three seasons but is waiting for full guarantees before announcing a decision that may be imminent.
Barça had always trusted the word of Gundogan, who gave his verbal OK a few weeks ago after several conversations with Xavi Hernández. During the last week, the Blaugrana have been working on the contract for the next three seasons, aware that City's offer for two years was high, but at the club it is clear that the player's decision is to play in the Blaugrana shirt to start a new sporting cycle after having won everything at the English club.
Gundogan would like to announce his future in the next few days. Or at least make it clear that he will not remain at Manchester City, but there are still several conditions and everything depends on him being able to be registered without any problems. Barça have already had this discrepancy with Messi, but in the case of Gundogan they have assured him that the contract could be endorsed by the board in the event that they do not generate enough salary cap to bring him in.
Barça have been in intense contact over the last few days and believe there is a good chance he will sign. In fact, in England, the signing of Kovacic by City and the negotiations that have been opened to sign Declan Rice from West Ham are already taken for granted. Sources at the Blaugrana want to be cautious until the end, but they believe that everything is on track as long as the contracts fit in LaLiga. And they believe that will be the case.
Gundogan has been delaying his final decision so that Barça could work on it and it is hoped that everything can come to fruition. For the Catalan club, he is a very important strategic signing and everything has been done to bring him in. The issue is still open, but with more optimism.
