{"id":296252,"date":"2023-11-02T10:25:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T10:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=296252"},"modified":"2023-11-02T10:25:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T10:25:13","slug":"gundogan-doesnt-know-how-he-lived-in-manchester-for-seven-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/gundogan-doesnt-know-how-he-lived-in-manchester-for-seven-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Gundogan &apos;doesn&apos;t know how he lived in Manchester for seven years&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ilkay Gundogan &#8216;tells a relative he doesn&#8217;t know how he lived in Manchester for seven years&#8217; following his summer move to Barcelona &#8211; after his wife slammed the &#8216;horrible&#8217; restaurants near his old club Man City<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ilkay Gundogan joined Barcelona on a free transfer from Man City this summer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The midfielder spent a successful seven-year spell with Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ilkay Gundogan has reportedly told a relative he doesn&#8217;t understand how he lived in Manchester for seven years.<\/p>\n<p>The German midfielder moved to Barcelona in the summer after a hugely decorated spell with Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>Gundogan won 14 trophies during his seven seasons at the Etihad &#8211; including five Premier League titles &#8211; and was captain as City won the Treble last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was also Pep Guardiola&#8217;s first signing at the club and has enjoyed a solid start since switching Manchester for Catalonia, scoring his first goal in their El Clasico defeat to Real Madrid at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to Spanish outlet Sport, Gundogan&#8217;s move to Barcelona has given him a new perspective on his time in England.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/09\/77311449-12701523-image-a-3_1698917811767.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ilkay Gundogan told a relative he doesn&#8217;t know how he lived in Manchester for seven years<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/09\/67540269-12701523-Gundogan_and_his_wife_Sara_Arfaoui_got_married_in_2022_in_Dursun-a-1_1698917655050.jpg\" height=\"668\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gundogan and his wife Sara Arfaoui have set up a new life in Barcelona since his summer move<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The report goes onto state that while the 33-year-old will always be grateful to his former club, he informed a relative that since discovering Barcelona and developing a new lifestyle, he doesn&#8217;t know how he spent such a long time in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>This report comes after Gundogan&#8217;s wife, Sara Arfaoui, last year slammed the city&#8217;s restaurants as &#8216;horrible&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Arfaoui &#8211; who married Gundogan in 2022 &#8211; had been asked on Instagram what her favourite restaurants in the city was.<\/p>\n<p>She had replied: &#8216;Sorry I&#8217;m sad to be honest but nothing. I tried so bad to find a good restaurant but&#8230; horrible food everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Can&#8217;t find a real Italian or good sushi or just fresh food .. everything frozen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/09\/77261737-12701523-Barcelona_have_apologised_to_Ilkay_Gundogan_and_his_wife_Sara_Ar-a-2_1698917660012.jpg\" height=\"477\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gundogan&#8217;s wife, Arfaoui, had last year slammed Manchester&#8217;s restaurants as &#8216;horrible&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/09\/77311445-12701523-image-a-4_1698917913567.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gundogan scored his first Barcelona\u00a0goal in their 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid on Saturday<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Restaurants here are just focus on making money with drinks and shot like night clubs not quality food. Maybe in London but in Manchester nothing. I&#8217;m sorry.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Gundogan&#8217;s comments in the Spanish media about enjoying Barcelona come despite<font>\u00a0<\/font>reports yesterday that the club apologised to him and his wife\u00a0after making them feel &#8216;abandoned&#8217; following their arrival.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The report claimed Gundogan had complained to the club that he was disappointed with the amount of support he received when he was settling in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He expected to receive more help with things such as housing, transport, and care for his family and let his feelings be known as a result, as per SPORT.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12701523\/Ilkay-Gundogan-Manchester-Barcelona.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ilkay Gundogan &#8216;tells a relative he doesn&#8217;t know how he lived in Manchester for seven years&#8217; 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