In the pecking order for Pep Guardiola’s affections, the Manchester City manager recently suggested only his wife was ahead of Ilkay Gundogan.
“I’m married but I adore him,” Guardiola said when almost tearfully contemplating the scenario of Gundogan walking away from Manchester in the summer.
There was a bit of a tiff last weekend when Gundogan accepted Erling Haaland ’s penalty offer and duly missed but you can bet the German is feeling Pep’s love again.
