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CHRIS SUTTON: Ilkay Gundogan has gone under the radar with some of the greats of the game - but he probably doesn't mind that... He would not be out of place in conversations around the best midfielders in recent memory

Ilkay Gundogan has always gone under the radar with some of the greats but the Manchester City midfielder has one of the best brains in Premier League history.

Signed for just over £20million as Pep Guardiola’s first buy at the club, he’s been very understated — and he probably doesn’t mind that.

But his value to this team is sky-high. He’s extremely efficient at what he does. He’s been phenomenal for them and his goals of late have been crucial in this title race — as they were at the tail end of last year.