Gundogan bids farewell to Barca and claims he is doing it to help the club

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Gundogan claims his departure will help Barca financially. EFE

The German footballer posted a farewell letter on his social networks to Barcelona fans in which he suggested that he is leaving to help the club: “I'm leaving a difficult situation, but if my departure can help the club financially, it makes me a little less sad”.

Ilkay Gundogan is already Barcelona history. The midfielder returns to Manchester City after just one season as a Barcelona man, in which he failed to win titles despite a good individual performance.

Although there has been much talk of his departure, the German finally associated it directly to the club's economic problems in the farewell letter he posted on his social networks moments before his return to the Sky Blue team was made official.

Thus said goodbye to the Barcelona fans a player who in his only year as Azulgrana played 51 games, scored 5 goals and gave 14 assists:

Dear culers, after just one year it’s already time to say goodbye. I came here to face a new, exciting challenge, and I was ready for it. I have given everything to fight for the team and the club the best possible way in a difficult season and I was looking forward to helping my teammates in the new campaign.

Now I am leaving in a difficult situation, but if my departure can help the club financially, it makes me a bit less sad. Nevertheless, it’s been a time with incredible experiences and ups and downs - I always wanted to play at Barça, and I am very grateful for a memory and experience that I will remember for my life.

I wish you the best for the season and for the future. The fans deserve to get this big club back to the world’s best.

Visca el Barça!