Only 3 people left! Gundogan leaves Manchester City s 100-point season lineup becomes a memory, and the dynasty also has an ending time

On September 3, Manchester City officially announced that 34-year-old German midfielder Gundogan will join Galatasaray in the Turkish Super League for free forever. He will sign a two-year contract with the Turkish Super League giants and receive an after-tax salary of 4.5 million euros. Gundogan's departure also means that Manchester City's 100-point Premier League season has only three players left, and the Blue Moon Dynasty has completely ended.

34-year-old Gundogan is the first batch of new players signed by Guardiola after he took over Manchester City, and is also the midfielder that Guardiola values ​​the most. In his eight seasons at Manchester City, Gundogan has played in a total of 358 games, scoring 65 goals and 47 assists, and won 14 championship trophys with the team, including 5 Premier League, 4 English League Cups, 2 FA Cups, 2 Community Shields and 1 Champions League. In the 2022/23 season, Gundogan contributed 11 goals and 6 assists in 51 games, and led the team to the European Triple Championships in the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League as the captain.

In the 2023/24 season, Gundogan joined Barcelona in his free agency after his contract with Manchester City, but he returned to Manchester City after playing for one season. Last season, Manchester City suffered from large-scale injuries and performed poorly, but Gundogan contributed 1 goal and 5 assists in the last six rounds of the Premier League, making great contributions to Manchester City's final goal and quota for the Champions League.

It is worth mentioning that when he returned to Manchester City last summer, Gundogan signed a 1+1 contract. He played 54 games for Manchester City last season and has activated the terms of extending his contract for one year. If you choose to stay in the team in the new season, Manchester City can only fulfill the contract. But against the backdrop of a major change in the team, Gundogan still accepted the result of leaving the team again. And this time, it will be a question mark whether it can return again.

Gundogan's departure also left three players in Manchester City who have personally experienced the 2017/18 Premier League championship, Stones, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva. In the summer of 2017, Guardiola, who had coached Manchester City for one season, launched a major blood change plan, sent away a number of veterans over 30 years old, and signed strong players such as Ederson, Bonyaman Mendy, Kyle Walker, Bernardo Silva, Danilo, and other strong players. Foden, who was only 17 years old at the time, was officially promoted to the first team.

That season, Manchester City won 32 games in 38 Premier League rounds and lost only 2 games, scored 106 goals and conceded only 27 goals, and finally scored 100 points, leading runner-up Manchester United for a full 19 points. And that was also the only 100-point feat in Premier League history. In addition, Manchester City also created a feat of 18 consecutive victories in the Premier League. And that was also the beginning of Gua Manchester City's glory. In the 2018/19 season, Manchester City won the Community Shield, Premier League, English League Cup and FA Cup, achieving an unprecedented four-time home championship in England. In the 2022/23 season, Manchester City won the first team history and the second European triple-champion in English football. In the 2023/24 season, Guardiola's team achieved an unprecedented four consecutive Premier League championships.

However, there is no banquet that will last forever. This summer, three old ministers, De Bruyne, Kyle Walker and Gundogan, left the team one after another, and only three players left witnessed the winning of the championship 9 years ago. Now, Manchester City has started reconstruction. In the second round of the Premier League, he lost to Tottenham 0-2 at home, and the average age of 11 Manchester City starters was only 24.5 years old. In the second round of last season, last season, the average age of Manchester City's 11 starters reached 28.6 years old. However, a cruel reality is that Manchester City could reach its peak immediately after a major blood exchange 9 years ago, but now the major blood exchange seems to have to go through a long period of pain. Guardiola can no longer find his De Bruyne, Gundogan and B seats.