Man City veteran keen on becoming Pep Guardiola assistant.

• Ilkay Gundogan discusses future move into coaching
• Pep Guardiola has proven record of moulding managers
• Veteran midfielder expresses interest in that path

Manchester City midfielder llkay Gundogan has express interest in joining Pep Guardiola coaching staff.

When he retires from playing. Because of the springboard it is proven to provide.

Gundogan has spent the best part of a decade playing for Guardiola across two spells at City, having initially been one of the first new faces to walk through the door when the boss arrived in 2016.

Among the current Premier League bosses, both Mikel Arteta and Enzo Maresca have worked on Guardiola’s staff in east Manchester. The former did so from his retirement as a player in 2016 until his 2019 appointment by Arsenal just over สมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที three years later, and the latter during the 2022/23 treble season following an earlier spell in charge of the club’s Under-21 squad.

At Barcelona, Guardiola was also succeeded in 2012 by assistant Tito Vilanova.

It highlights what learning under an esteemed master coach like him can do.

“I haven’t asked him, but there’s probably nothing better than starting out as Pep’s assistant. The examples of the last few years have shown that it can pave the way for a coaching career. Being Pep’s assistant coach would be extremely appealing to me,” Gundogan