Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan could be playing for Barcelona this week.

El Mundo Deportivo says Barca had agreed a deal to sign Gundogan in 2015.

Barca were long-term admirers of the Germany midfielder and reached an agreement with Dortmund over a €20m deal to secure his services back in 2015, one year before he eventually left the Bundesliga outfit to join Manchester City.

Gundogan, who passed a medical at Barca, was excited about the prospect of moving to the Camp Nou, even though he would have not been able to play for six months as the Catalan giants were subject to a FIFA-imposed transfer ban at the time.

However, in the end, then-Barca coach Luis Enrique opted to sign Arda Turan instead of Gundogan and the move fell through.