Ilkay Gundogan: German seals shock return to Man City

Big-game Gundo won 14 trophies and captained City to the treble during his first spell at the Etihad.

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00:00I just try to contribute to the team with the way I play, with my football, in the best possible way.

00:05He turns into Prime Zidane, doesn't he?

00:07I love him.

00:10I adore him.

00:11Mondogan is the one who just makes everything link so well together, because he's such an incredible player.

00:17I'm married, but I adore him.

00:31When you leave this place, like I did last year, you spend a year away,

00:36you then start to appreciate the place even more.

00:39You realise what you had, you realise how amazing that time was,

00:43you realise how big the club is, the best club in the world.

01:01He's technically unbelievable, tactically, and he's the manager on the pitch,

01:07because he knows how to control the game, he knows how to accelerate the game,

01:13he knows how to make sure the team stops and they just keep the ball a little bit.

01:18He dictates the tempo of the game, and players like that, losing them can be damaging.

01:31Zidane's goal

01:41So important. He's a so important player.

01:45I try to lead by example, and even though maybe I'm not the loudest one in the dressing room,

01:51I try to lead with my actions, with going, going, going, going forward always.

01:59That's really it. We have a lot of characters in that team,

02:04who are loud, who are quiet, everyone is different.

02:07He doesn't talk much, but when he talks, everybody listens.

02:10And this is the power of the leader.

02:12He will go down in the folklore of Manchester City forever.

02:16I still have incredible sense for winning, for competing.

02:23The package that you get here, right now, today, you can't find it anywhere else.

02:28And that made it for me, to be honest, very, very easy to come back.