Gundogan began the press conference by talking about the impact of his colleague Erling Haaland: “The numbers speak for themselves. The club has signed an amazing player who has done well on the pitch, and he also has personality, commitment, and good behavior off the field. We are both looking forward to facing our former team.”
And about Manchester City’s ambitions in the Champions League, he said: “We hope to win the title. This year we have a suitable No. 9 striker who will help us a lot. We will see what happens. The Champions League is a competition that will be huge to achieve, it is not easy to participate in it, and the small details decide things.”
Turning to the teams in football between Germany and England, he said: “This is a different competition, and the match against Dortmund may be more open than the confrontations that we are used to playing here. The teams here defend strongly and Halland has to adapt to that, and he has already shown his ability to do so. It takes patience and trying to punish the other teams.”
On the role he will play as a captain of the team, he stressed: “We have very good players and they play a prominent role in the dressing rooms, and the big personalities always rise, perhaps my role has changed a little and has become more related to communication. So I won’t try to change a lot of things.”
Looking at Manchester City’s disappointments in the last minutes of the Champions League in past seasons, he indicated: “You should not regret anything, it was great to play the final with this club, and we will try to get there again and do what is best to reach the highest degree, we will try We’ll see what happens.”
