Ilkay Gundogan has put contract renewal talks with Manchester City on hold, Goal understands.
Sources close to the 28-year-old say he is unconvinced that he will be a regular starter at City beyond the summer and is therefore reluctant to commit the final years of his top-level career to the club.
As it stands he will not be signing a new deal and if that stance does not change it may force City into selling him this summer.
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City are determined for Gundogan to stay beyond the end of his current deal in June 2020 and during talks in recent months they have stressed that he will continue to have an important role at the club, but no breakthrough has been made.