The best Quotes by İlkay Gündoğan

It would be the completely wrong thing to go into games with fear.

The Champions League is, in terms of club football, the most prestigious one. And if you don't win it you will never be named one of the greatest teams, no chance.

Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola are the two best teachers in the world.

If Barcelona was a German club, they'd be a case for a liquidator.

When I arrived at Barcelona and saw Messi's face, and later Luis Suarez, I felt like it was a videogame.

You always want to score against the opponent and if it's in El Clásico, even more.

FC Barcelona is the only club in the world that doesn't have money but still buys any player they want.

I always wanted to play in La Liga, always wanted to play for a great club.

I think Cruyff and Guardiola can go to a mental hospital together, shut up, sit there and play cards together. They would do football and Barcelona a great service.

Any one of Messi, Neymar, Xavi, or Suarez can take penalties; it doesn't matter.

It seems Barcelona are expected to win every title, but it is not always like this. People think Barca win automatically, but that's not the case.

To be a Barca goalkeeper, it's not enough to have quality. You have to make decisions and execute them.

I will leave the club at the end of the season. I love absolutely everything about this club. I love everything about the city. I love everything about our supporters. I love the team. I love the staff. I love everything. I'm running out of energy. I know that I cannot do the job again and again.

I stay for another two years. "Why?" is now the question... because Ulla wants to stay. And as a good husband, what are you doing when your wife wants to stay? You stay. That's not the only reason. I love our club and it's the best place to be.

I would be a really bad James Bond. Because, if I walk out of the water in swim shorts, I think that would be the moment when the whole world would switch off.

We'll be waiting for him like a wife, waiting for her husband to be released from prison.

This club means everything to the people. So, it's our job to show that it means absolutely everything for us as well. It's a lot about emotion, the intensity, how the supporters live.
Where did you ever hear a better message than "You'll never walk alone"? It's the most beautiful song in the world. Everybody feels it, everybody loves it. Everybody gets the message. In your darkest moments, you are not alone. I love that.
We are Liverpool and that means we have to entertain the people. We have to show all the desire, all the love for the game. We will all be together soon. There will be a moment for us. For now, tell the world: we are Liverpool... Champions of England.

As much as you want Liverpool to lose, it is my job to do everything that I can to help Liverpool to win as there are millions of people around the world who want that to happen so I really don't want to let them down.

I can't believe it, maybe he's a liar! He's so good for 17 years old, he's a fantastic player. There was one moment when he didn't get the ball from central defenders, how he shouts and demands that ball to him at 17 means a lot.

Erling Haaland is one of the first to arrive for training, one of the last to leave.

The most difficult thing in football is to score a goal.

Tiki-taka means passing the ball for the sake of it, with no clear intention. And it's pointless.

I proved myself in Barcelona, and after I proved myself in Germany, I wanted to prove myself in England.

Neuer is one of the best goalkeepers in history.

It's harder to defend the Champions League than to win it, because everyone is chasing FC Bayern right now. We're currently seen as the best team in the world - that means we're the team everyone wants to beat.

There are some big teams out there who don't play in Champions League, but I can't deny that I'd love to play in Europe's most prestigious competition.

I don't think about money when I make these kinds of decisions. I play for the love of the game. I loved the feeling I got from Real Madrid.

I think he's a really good talent, really promising talent. I think if you meet the boy as well, an excellent boy - very humble, he's got his feet firmly on the ground, which is the most important thing for a young player. And I think he's got the world at his feet as long as he can stay focussed.

I want to finish with dignity so in a good club. It doesn't mean that to go USA or Qatar or Dubai is not good but I don't see myself there.

We want to win this World Cup. The group is very strong. And I want to take this opportunity to stop the talking about me. Stop asking other players about me. You can ask them questions about the World Cup and their expectations.

What am I supposed to say about that? I'm a goalkeeper.

We know about the strength of the French players and are respectful. I think they feel the same way.

Since I left France, everything has gone downhill. France needs me, I don't need France. Even if you have Mbappé, Neymar and Messi, it doesn't help you because you don't have God.

This is for Mino Raiola. It's the first title I have won without Mino by my side. I was close to signing for Napoli, then he told me that I was the only one who could save Milan. So I dedicate it to him.

I'm truly saddened by the death of Her Majesty, The Queen. What an outpouring of love and respect we saw for the Platinum Jubilee for her life of service. How devastated we all feel today shows what she has meant to people in this country and around the world.

In my career, there's many things I've won and many things I've achieved, but for me, my greatest achievement is my children and my family. It's about being a good father, a good husband, just being connected to family as much as possible.

We have to accept the quality of the opponent, this is maybe the most dangerous attacking side at the moment in Europe.

I say that the top players are the ones who work hardest. They are the easiest to handle - they know what it takes to stay at the best level.

We will come back.

I'm very happy to be developing my skills in France, the country where I was born and grew up. I have tried to always keep challenging myself.

I have dreamed of this. This is a historic night for this club and for me, this is my first European title. I will remember this for all my life.

When Dortmund won here for the last time, 19 years ago, most of my players have still been quenched.

Ed Sheeran did what I haven't seen too often before: Make people smile when leaving the Schalke Arena.

Bayern Munich's crowning achievement came with a 1-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League final in Lisbon. Kingsley Coman, a Parisian and former PSG prospect, scored early in the second half. Manuel Neuer, the brilliant goalkeeper, made sure the lead stood up.

The Real Madrid shirt is white. It can stain of mud, sweat and even of blood, but never of shame.

We've had many good players through the history of the club at Bayer Leverkusen, but Kai Havertz is one of the best.

All taxi drivers in Manchester are City fans. When you want to go to United, they'll drive you out in the sticks and dump you there.

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.