Barca have free rein to sign Gundogan

Barcelona continues to build the squad for the 2023-24 season. The Catalan giants are in the process of doing so, in addition to the obligation to reduce the wage bill in order to bring in new signings. For this reason, they are very attentive to the players who finish their contracts at the end of the current season and, in particular, to Ilkay Gundogan.

As reported by 'Sport', Manchester City are giving up on him, despite their main interest being for him to stay for one more season with the English side, who he joined from Borussia Dortmund in 2017.

The Cityzens had intended to make a renewal proposal to the player, but at a low price, which had conditioned once and for all the player's decision to leave the Mancunian club.

The Catalan giants would be willing to offer the German international a two-year contract, more than what Pep Guardiola's side are offering him. Any kind of agreement would be pending Barcelona's solution to the Financial Fair Play problem.