Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan rates winning the Champions League ahead of the Premier League this season.

Gundogan believes it would take City to a different level and also banish the ghost of losing a Champions League final when he was at Borussia Dortmund.

“For me, the Champions League is the greatest thing, to win it is the ­greatest thing that can happen to you as a ­footballer," he told the Mirror. “Maybe that's because I've already lost a final when I was at Dortmund.

“Our team now is so much better than the team we had at Dortmund at that time. It felt realistic at that time to achieve it but everyone knows how difficult it is to reach the final and then win it. It's so tough.

“But if you want to be the best, then, in my opinion, you have to win the Champions League."