Sources: Galatasaray monitoring City's Gündogan

Galatasaray are monitoring Ilkay Gündogan's concern astatine Manchester City, sources person told ESPN, and would beryllium prepared to marque a determination for the midfielder if helium becomes disposable this summer.

Gündogan is nether declaration astatine City until 2026 aft a one-year enactment successful his declaration was triggered astatine the extremity of past season.

The 34-year-old is portion of Pep Guardiola's squad successful the United States for the FIFA Club World Cup. However, determination is other contention for places successful midfield pursuing the accomplishment of Tijjani Reijnders from AC Milan and Rodri's instrumentality from injury.

Sources person told ESPN that Galatasaray chiefs are convinced that Gündogan would favour a determination to Istanbul if a determination is made aboriginal successful the summertime that helium tin permission the Etihad Stadium.

Galatasaray are besides successful the marketplace for a full-back and are keen to bring backmost Sacha Boey from Bayern Munich.

Gündogan has beardown links to Turkey and would beryllium unfastened to playing determination earlier the extremity of his career.

The erstwhile Germany international, who was City's skipper erstwhile they won the treble successful 2023, was not named successful the enactment radical past play aft his instrumentality from Barcelona.

Gündogan has besides not been included successful the enactment radical up of the caller play aft Guardiola selected Bernardo Silva, Rúben Dias, Rodri and Erling Haaland.

Gündogan volition beryllium 35 successful October, but helium has insisted determination is inactive a relation for older players successful apical teams.

"You request experienced players connected the pitch," helium said.

"I cognize that erstwhile I was 18 oregon 19, I was looking up to those experienced players. Just by watching what they did, and however they did it, I learnt. It wasn't ever indispensable for them to accidental anything.

"All young players request immoderate acquisition astir them. Sometimes you don't person to enactment harder but enactment smarter."