it's really crazy that so many here thinks Gundogan is what we are looking for. Do you know what a spinal injury can do to a player whose main asset was his movement and mobility?
This season he had just few good games the whole season. He can no longer be as explosive and run forward with the ball as he used to be back in 2013. The injury made him shadow of what he used to be and only solution is to change his role to deep lying midfielder or regista like Xabi Alonso or in Barca system the role of Busquets "pass before the pass" of creating chances. Now why we need Gundogan if we have Busquets, Masch and coming soon Samper as of creative DM or regista?