<p>Ilkay Gundogan will join Barcelona on a free transfer from treble winners Manchester City, the <em>BBC </em>and <em>Sky Sports</em> reported on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Gundogan will leave City after captaining the English club to the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League last season, ending a successful seven-year stint in England where he won 14 trophies, including five league titles.</p>.<p>Gundogan was Pep Guardiola's first recruit when he took over at City in 2016 despite the German being sidelined with a knee injury when he was signed from Borussia Dortmund.</p>.<p>He proved to be the man for the big occasion at City, especially over the last two seasons when he scored crucial goals that helped City seal several trophies.</p>.<p>Gundogan leaves City having made more than 300 appearances, scoring 60 goals.</p>.<p>His experience will be invaluable to Barca coach Xavi after the Spanish side's long-serving and trusted midfield general Sergio Busquets left the club at the end of the season after 18 years with the Catalan outfit.</p>.<p>Barcelona won the LaLiga title last season but failed to get out of the group stage in the Champions League while they were knocked out in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.</p>
<p>Ilkay Gundogan will join Barcelona on a free transfer from treble winners Manchester City, the <em>BBC </em>and <em>Sky Sports</em> reported on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Gundogan will leave City after captaining the English club to the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League last season, ending a successful seven-year stint in England where he won 14 trophies, including five league titles.</p>.<p>Gundogan was Pep Guardiola's first recruit when he took over at City in 2016 despite the German being sidelined with a knee injury when he was signed from Borussia Dortmund.</p>.<p>He proved to be the man for the big occasion at City, especially over the last two seasons when he scored crucial goals that helped City seal several trophies.</p>.<p>Gundogan leaves City having made more than 300 appearances, scoring 60 goals.</p>.<p>His experience will be invaluable to Barca coach Xavi after the Spanish side's long-serving and trusted midfield general Sergio Busquets left the club at the end of the season after 18 years with the Catalan outfit.</p>.<p>Barcelona won the LaLiga title last season but failed to get out of the group stage in the Champions League while they were knocked out in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.</p>