Guardiola Makes Big And Urgent Statement on İlkay Gundogan's Future at Man City

• Pep Guardiola wants German star İlkay Gundogan to remain to Premier League giants Manchester City
• The 31-year-old midfielder is being wanted by Arsenal in the summer, but Pep Guardiola is not ready to sell
• İlkay Gundogan has been with Manchester City since 2016 and the midfielder has won three Premier League titles

Pep Guardiola has stated clearly that he wants İlkay Gundogan to remain at Manchester City even though the German midfielder has been strongly linked with a move to Arsenal this summer.

Arsenal are preparing to bolster their squad for the coming season with the Gunners' chiefs ready to support Mikel Arteta in luring some big names to the Emirates stadium.

As things stand, İlkay Gundogan has only one more year remaining on his contract at Manchester City and the club's chiefs have not talked to him on possible renewal of deal.

And according to the report on UK Sun, Pep Guardiola explained that he won't rush to push the 31-year-old German out of the Etihad stadium.

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Pep Guardiola's reaction about İlkay Gundogan

“He had permission to go to Denmark, I congratulate him.

“I want him next season here, there’s no intention for him not to be here. Now he’s married he might want a new experience.

“All the great twitter accounts, say he’s going to leave but I didn’t know it. That’s the situation right now.”

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Gundogan has been playing for Manchester City since 2016 joining from Dortmund and the German has won three Premier League titles.

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The Arsenal manager has not yet given up hope of the Gunners’ chances of qualifying for next season’s UEFA Champions League despite back-to-back defeats that have left Arsenal two points adrift of Spurs.

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Arteta is hoping Norwich can do the Gunners a favour by defeating their North London rivals and insists he will be cheering for the Canaries.

Arsenal will have to defeat Everton in the final game of the season and hope Norwich who has lost their last five of their last six home games produce a miracle to earn a win against Tottenham to finish in the top-four.