Kapiteni wa Manchester City Ilkay Gundogan azajya gukina muri Barcelona nk’umukinnyi udafite andi masezerano ubwo kontaro ye muri City izaba irangiye mu mpera y’uku kwezi.

Gundogan, w’imyaka 32, City yari yamwemereye kontaro nshya.

Ariko byibazwa ko yagiranye ibiganiro na Barcelona bya kontaro y’imyaka itatu irimo inyungu nyinshi kurushaho, muri iyi kipe ifite igikombe cya shampiyona ya Espagne cyo mu mwaka w’imikino ushize.

Umutoza wa City Pep Guardiola yashakaga cyane kugumana Gundogan, wagize uruhare rukomeye mu gufasha iyi kipe kwegukana ibikombe bitatu bikomeye muri uyu mwaka w’imikino ushize.

Uruhare rwa Gundogan rwabaye ingenzi cyane mu byumweru bya nyuma by’umwaka w’imikino wa City, atsinda ibitego bitandatu mu mikino irindwi ye ya nyuma – birimo n’ibitego bibiri yatsinze ubwo ikipe ye yatsindaga Manchester United ibitego 2-1 ku mukino wa nyuma wa FA Cup.

Yakinnye iminota 90 mu mukino wa nyuma wa Champions League ubwo City yatsindaga Inter Milan igitego 1-0, ikongera icyo gikombe ku cya shampiyona ya Premier League n’icya FA Cup muri uyu mwaka w’imikino.

Muri uku kwezi Guardiola yari yavuze ko Txiki Begiristain, umuyobozi ushinzwe imikino muri City, yari arimo "gukora" kugira ngo Gundogan ahagume kandi ko yari "yizeye ko ashobora kubigeraho".

Kugenda kwa Gundogan kubaye nyuma yuko City yemeye amasezerano ya miliyoni 30 z’amapawundi (miliyari 43Frw) yagiranye na Chelsea, kugira ngo City igure umukinnyi wo hagati w’Umunya-Croatia Mateo Kovacic.

Gundogan yageze muri City mu mwaka wa 2016 avuye muri Borussia Dortmund. Icyo gihe byatangajwe ko yaguzwe miliyoni 20 z’amapawundi. Yakiniye City imikino 304, atsindamo ibitego 60.

Mu myaka irindwi yari amaze ku kibuga Etihad Stadium cya City, hamwe na yo yatwaye ibikombe 14 – bitanu bya Premier League, kimwe cya Champions League, bibiri bya FA Cup, bine bya Carabao Cup na bibiri bya Community Shield.

Yagizwe kapiteni mu ntangiriro y’umwaka w’imikino wa 2022-2023, nyuma yo kugenda kw’umukinnyi wo hagati w’Umunya-Brazil Fernandinho.