Barcelona president denies Gundogan left to 'help financially' with strong 'sporting decision' statement

Barcelona head of claim Joan Laporta possesses urged that Ilkay Gundogan’s rejoinder to Manchester City this summer was certainly “a sporting resolution”.

Male City re-signed the German midfielder on a unshackle transmit a year after he enrolled with Barcelona for totally nothing.

Gundogan won it with one voice throughout his time in Manchester, gaining assume 5 Premier League titles, two FA Mugs, four League Mugs, two Municipal Guards, and also the Champs League.

He is one of multiple unshackle transmit finalizings administered by Barcelona in current years with Laporta kneading on a small budget due to their nicely-publicised economic woes.

It was opined that Gundogan’s flee was monetarily encouraged and also that the player was basically performing the Blaugrana a favour.

Gundogan flee ‘a sporting resolution’ – Barcelona head of claim Laporta

In a parting blog post, the 33-year-ratty wrote: “Now I am vacating in a mystifying scenario, however if my departure can help the club monetarily, it administers me a small less mournful.”

Barcelona head of claim Laporta possesses seamlessly disproved this, insisting that his departure “is a sporting resolution” due to the signing of Dani Olmo, who can not be signed until Gundogan disclaimed.

Laporta notified a press conference on Tuesday: “Ilkay Gundogan is an scrumptious player and also viewer. The year we have had with him possesses been excellent.

“After a conference with [head coach Hansi] Flick and also evaluating the scenario of the squad, he decided that he ached to reject.

“It is a sporting resolution, only. With the unification of Dani Olmo, he was a player who executes a tantamount semblance to that of Gundo.

“It was a sporting resolution of the player and also the club. I have heard that it is a economic resolution, however zero. It’s a sporting resolution, by Barca, by Gundogan and also by City because he possesses been brought ago.”

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Laporta lingered: “At the time, Gundo came without a transmit cost and also it was merely reasonable that there was zero transmit cost.

“It possesses had an economic brunt, however the component possesses been a sporting resolution.”

Barcelona decided against signing Joao Cancelo and also Joao Felix in the summer transmit window regardless of cogent links to the previous.

It did not come as a stagger that Barca did not symbol Felix however there was reportedly hope they can reach an covenant with Cancelo – who enrolled with Al Hilal for £21million last month.

Again, Laporta claims this was with one voice a component of the scheme, tinkering down the economic woes that we with one voice diagnose exist.

“As splendidly as Deco and also Flick intended the squad, they have decided not to entail them [Cancelo and Felix],” he said.

“They were on loan and also have gone polymorphous supposes. Felix is at Chelsea and also Cancelo is in Saudi Arabia.”