Ilkay Gundogan

[Spike 12,049]

That's the thing,What if he does not properly recover from his chronic back problems?Maybe its the pessimist in me speaking but he wont do us much good if he is injured every other week.

If it makes you feel any better, Kaka was almost paralysed when he broke his back as a teenager.

[Toli 977]

If it makes you feel any better, Kaka was almost paralysed when he broke his back as a teenager.

you cant compare one player to another. futhermore, kaka wasnt even playing top football back then, while Gündogan is playing top football. its like comparing somebody from your normal life having a back injury to a profssional football player. and kaka didnt have the same injury as Gündogan

back injuries are really bad though. they can always come back and it takes often long time (as you can see with ilkay) to recover from them. some players suffer their whole careers after this sort of injuries.

[Jase 43,479]

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[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

Would rather get Toni Kroos than him

[Beepu 1,714]

If he can get over his back problems then I would chose him over Kross all day.

[didierforever 7,349]

we already have matic, gundogan gives us nothing special. kroos will be a much better option to play alongside matic.

[The Skipper 20,609]

we already have matic, gundogan gives us nothing special. kroos will be a much better option to play alongside matic.

Matic and Gundogan are not alike. Kroos and Gundogan are more similar.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

They should be careful as it could become another Hargreaves situation for them.

[Toli 977]

we already have matic, gundogan gives us nothing special. kroos will be a much better option to play alongside matic.

have you ever seen one match of gündogan? how can he be compared to Matic at all?! Gündogan is the complete opposite type of player.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Highly unlikely but a Matic-Verratti pivot could rule the premiership for years on.

Also Kroos is not entirely suited for counter-attacking football.

[didierforever 7,349]

have you ever seen one match of gündogan? how can he be compared to Matic at all?! Gündogan is the complete opposite type of player.

Did u read what I wrote? I dint compare matic n gundogan. But I did say kroos n matic woukd be a better combo. Far more physical than gundogan, much much much more of a goal tgreat and direct play.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Did u read what I wrote? I dint compare matic n gundogan. But I did say kroos n matic woukd be a better combo. Far more physical than gundogan, much much much more of a goal tgreat and direct play.

A Gundogan - Matic pivot is just as good as a Kroos - Matic pivot. Probably even better.

Whilst Kroos might be a stronger player (Gundogan isn't even weak to begin with anyway), Ilkay makes up for that with his speed and acceleration (which may suit our counter attacking game a lot more).

Also, Kroos is definitely more of a goal threat but Gundogan is by far the better dribbler. I think Gundogan compliments Matic more than Kroos does.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Kroos is the better passer though.

[The Skipper 20,609]

Kroos is the better passer though.

Definitely, but Gundogan is a great passer as well.

[lucio 5,418]

Definitely, but Gundogan is a great passer as well

but is gundogan going to return to his best level? he only has 1 bundesliga app this season