‘Delighted he is back’: Guardiola responds as Gundogan’s Man City return confirmed

'Delighted he is back': Guardiola responded as Gundogan's Man City return was confirmed.Source: PA

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00:00When most of the times all the managers, we said that finish the transfer window,

00:04everything can happen. This is the real proof. So he was completely surprised and expected and

00:13you know, it happened. And we know him quite well, me personally, but the staff and the players and

00:19everyone. And you know, the quality that he played last season in Barcelona, like

00:27he played at a high level, consistency, playing a lot of minutes, games and producing a lot.

00:34We didn't have any doubts, but the possibility was open. And yeah, absolutely delighted he's back.

00:42I was going to say, was it a no-brainer when Chiqui put the idea to you that Gundogan could

00:47return? Was it an easy yes from you? Yeah. Is his role going to change this time? Now he's

00:53a year older or you found a solution in your squad without him? Of course, he's not a teenager

00:59anymore. But the reason why we decided that the chance to do it is for the level he played last

01:08season. So in his season, last season was not playing the level that we expect he's going to

01:16deliver. Maybe you have to think about it, but, you know, even the Euros, playing with Nagel,

01:24with the national team, with Nagelsmann, played really, really good as well. So that's why.

01:30And he knows what we want to do. He doesn't need adapt, you know, he knows the city,

01:35he knows the club, the mates and the way we want to play. So we'll be immediately, you know,

01:41settle, I guess, good. And that's why we could do it and we did it.