Sara Gundogan has revealed she was caught by surprise when she found out Ilkay Gundogan was joining Barcelona last summer.
Sara, previously Sara Arfaoui, started dating the Barcelona and Germany star in 2021 before they tied the knot a year later. They have one son together, Kais, who was born in March 2023.
Sara is one of the stars of Prime Video's new series Married To The Game which follows the lives of five football WAGS, aiming to give in an insight into the reality of dating a top-level footballer.
Ilkay moved to the Catalan giants upon the expiry of his contract with Man City after they fought off competition from several clubs, including City's attempts to retain the 33-year-old.
And Sara - who was a highly-successful TV presenter and model before meeting Ilkay - explained how she wasn't expecting the midfielder to make the choice and revealed she was on holiday when discovering the news.
'I didn't really believe those (rumours about joining Barcelona),' she exclusively told Mail Sport. 'Every summer and January, in every transfer market people would always come to me with rumours.
'Some people even used to text me to say "you're coming to Italy?" and I was never taking anything seriously.
'I had friends texting me saying I was coming back, and I was like, "no". It just happened. And the funny fact is that I didn't take it seriously.
'I was like, no it cannot be because my husband is many years here in Manchester and I don't see this happening.
She continued: 'I was in Italy, it was holiday time. It was my first holiday with my baby and I went to meet all my friends. So I was a bit in my bubble, let's say baby bubble.
'And I just got a phone call and it was like "we are going there". I wasn't taking it seriously. I
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