Ilkay Gundogan, the Spanish Barcelona midfielder, confirmed that he joined the ranks of the Catalan team in order to take on a new challenge in his football career, but he refused to specify the goals that he seeks to achieve during the coming period with Barcelona. Gundogan said in his statements to the French magazine “France Football”, “I came to Barcelona to take on a new challenge and prove myself in this great club. But I do not want to set goals. We must not say: “We want to win this, this and that,” adding, “It is clear that these are goals.” Great, but if we don't play well enough, we won't go far. We have to strive to make sure the team plays in the best possible way, and then the wins come. “For me it's about being able to help my teammates as much as I can. Conversely, I may also need help. Just because I'm older or more experienced doesn't mean I don't need it. Football is a team sport and everyone should help and support each other. “Football has always played a big role in my life, but it was not always my biggest dream,” Gundogan explained. There are a lot of kids and maybe more now who are 6, 7, 8, 9 years old, who sometimes play in academies and dream of becoming professionals. But I was never really like that. Maybe also because I didn't have a simple, easy path. "Football has become superficial," he continued. We no longer look at the matches in detail. We do not look at the tactics or the work done by the players that is not visible to people. We only look at the summary and results and based on that we make our judgements, and also based on the influence of social media, unfortunately.”