Manchester City expected to finalise £23m Ilkay Gundogan transfer, with the Germany international offered a five-year deal

Manchester City expect to finalise the £23million transfer of Ilkay Gundogan from Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season.

Sportsmail first reported in March that the 25-year-old had opted to join City ahead of interest from Barcelona, Juventus, Arsenal and Liverpool.

His agent and uncle Ilhan Gundogan was pictured days later talking to City sporting director Txiki Begiristain in the Conservatorium Hotel in Amsterdam ahead of a meeting with City's in-coming manager Pep Guardiola.

Ilkay Gundogan (left) is expected to finalise a switch to Manchester City at the end of the season

Gundogan has been troubled by a foot problem recently but played 65 minutes against Hamburg this weekend

The 25-year-old (right) is expected to join City in a deal worth £23million at the end of the season

ILKAY GUNDOGAN CAREER STATS
Club	Season	Apps	Goals
Bochum II	2008-09	2	1
Nurnberg	2008-09	1	0
Nurnberg	2009-10	26	3
Nurnberg	2010-11	26	5
Dortmund	2011-12	36	4
Dortmund	2012-13	45	4
Dortmund	2013-14	3	1
Dortmund	2014-15	33	3
Dortmund	2015-16	39	3
Career total		211	24

City are understood to have ironed out details on a five year contract for the Germany international, who has been dogged by back and foot injuries in recent years.

He came on as a late substitute in last Thursday's Europa League defeat by Liverpool but started against Hamburg in Sunday's 3-0 win before coming off after 65 minutes.

Dortmund are seven points behind Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and could face them in the DFB-Pokal Final if both clubs navigate their way through their respective semi finals.

Guardiola would not be drawn on the Gundogan to City transfer on Monday.

When quizzed he simply replied: 'I am the coach of Bayern Munich.'

The 25-year-old Gundogan has played 16 times for Germany in his career and has been at Dortmund since 2011, when he was signed from Nurnberg.

City are understood to be ironing out details ahead of a five year contract offer for the player

Pep Guardiola, who will become City manager in time for next season, has been coy on reports of a move

Gunodgan has made 16 appearances for Germany but a back injury ruled him out of the 2014 World Cup

At club level, he has won the Bundesliga once, in 2012, the same season he lifted the German Cup.

However, he missed a year with a back problem sustained playing for Germany against Paraguay in August 2013 and as a result, was absent from Joachim Low's World Cup winning squad in Brazil.