Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan’s second stint at the club has not gone to plan
Never go back. Manchester City have proof a cliché often contains a certain truth. Comebacks can be savoured at the start and regretted before the end.
Paul Dickov was one of their most iconic players of their wilderness years and scored arguably their most important-ever goal in the lower Leagues. But in his second spell at City, he didn’t score at all.
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