Manchester City club captain Ilkay Gundogan has joined Barcelona on a free transfer.
Given his massive contributions to the team last season, which led the Sky Blues to an unprecedented treble, he will need replacing – and fast.
In this list, we will look at three potential candidates who could replace Gundogan in Manchester City’s first team from a range of different clubs.
We will be taking a range of factors into consideration for this list – given the wealth of experience that Gundogan added to City, we’ll be looking primarily at midfielders over the age of 28.