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Apr 16, 2022 · In 2004 – having rejected an approach to return to Schalke – Gundogan finally left the nest at the age of 14 to take the next steps towards football stardom.
Meyer from Duisburg, Gündogan from us and Özil from Essen. Schalke‘s Academy gets way too much undeserved credit. Their scouting is insane yes and they developed some of these players a lot, but the praise for the Knappenschmiede is way too high.
Aug 23, 2024 · Man City never adequately replaced him for the 2023/24 season, and the recent departure of Julian Alvarez has only increased the need for a goalscoring playmaker. Here’s why Gundogan was such an important player for Man City - and why he further boosts their chances of a fifth successive Premier League title.
Aug 19, 2024 · When he was 13, Schalke offered Gündogan another chance to link up with the Royal Blues, but the fear of suffering yet more disappointment caused him to reject the offer.
He subsequently confessed that this was one of the worst disappointments in his life, one which led him to reject Schalke when the club offered to sign him up again when he was 13-years old, fearing he would be somehow disappointed again. [7] Gündoğan eventually came through VfL Bochum's youth academy.
Meyer had a falling out, Gündogan was only at Schalke for a very short time in his youth, Rakitic wasn't near the level he would eventually be while he was at Schalke (and he wasn't a Schalke youth anyway).
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I get that some criticism of Ilkay was unfair but this article forgets extremely important nuances, compares two very different issues and shifts the blame to agents, while somehow also managing to reject the notion that footballers might not be the brightest.
