Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has confirmed that Ilkay Gundogan will leave the German club in the summer transfer window. Speaking to German media outlet Bild, Watzke said, “It is unquestionable that he will leave Borussia Dortmund this summer.”
“It was not our wish to see him leave but it was his wish. Then we said, ‘okay, then we will sell you and focus our plans differently. I am quite confident that there are multiple clubs who want him.”
Watzke’s comments will come as a huge boost for Arsenal and Manchester United who have been heavily linked with Gundogan over the past month for a summer transfer.