Manchester City captain Ilkay Gundogan set to join Barcelona on free transfer

City had offered the 32-year-old a new one-year contract with the option of a further 12 months but Barca are understood to have presented a more tempting three-year, and more financially-rewarding, package.

GUNDO-GONE: Ilkay Gundogan is set to join Barcelona (Martin Rickett/PA)

Manchester City captain Ilkay Gundogan is poised to join Barcelona, the PA news agency understands.

The Germany international, who is out of contract this summer, now seems unlikely to renew terms with the treble winners.