Had Chosen A Rotation System, Manchester City Finally Have A Permanent Captain, Here's The Figure

Manchester City has a permanent team captain. (Photo: Twitter @ManCity)

JAKARTA - Manchester City finally has a permanent captain in the team. Through the voting between the players, Ilkay Gundogan is trusted to be the new captain of the team.

Previously, the captain of The Citizens was vacant after Fernandinho decided to leave last summer. This situation made team manager Pep Guardiola choose to rotate the captain position this season.

The players who had worn the armband included Kevin De Bruyne, Gundogan and Ruben Dias, who had only joined for two years.

Quoted from Sky Sport, starting this season Guardiola wants City to have a new permanent captain so that it can be an extension on the pitch. Guardiola then gave the players the right to vote.

From the results of the vote, Erling Haaland et al chose Gundogan as a figure who is the right person to become a leader. He is considered suitable to be a successor to Fernandinho with De Bruyne as his representative.

Having the trust of leading his teammates, Gundogan said he was happy. Having been vice-captain, Gundogan has a feeling that the captain's position will fall to him or Kevin de Bruyne.

"I am certainly happy and proud to be chosen to be captained by my teammates," he said as quoted by Sky Sport.

"I've been vice captain since last season, and with Fernandinho gone, I had thought that Kevin (De Bruyne) would be captain this season. In recent years, it wasn't the manager who decided," continued the German player.

He added again, "I probably know everything best. I have a lot of experience, good and bad, not only here but also in Germany. I think in the end this is a form of recognition for my character rather than a game. I think it's more important than performances on the pitch."

Gundogan's appointment as captain was also based on his loyalty to the team. This player has been in the Manchester City uniform for six years, the record made him the second longest player at the club after Kevin De Bruyne (2015).