Pablo Zabaleta. Joe Hart. Yaya Toure. Vincent Kompany. David Silva. Sergio Aguero. Fernandinho. Every year for the last six years Manchester City have waved a tearful goodbye to at least one club legend.
A player who has been so crucial to the club's meteoric rise and will never be forgotten. Will Ilkay Gundogan be the next? It's still up in the air.
The captain's contract expires in the summer but no decision has yet been made on his future either way. Rumours grow stronger with every passing week that Barcelona want to add the classy midfielder to their ranks but Pep Guardiola has made it abundantly clear he doesn't want him to go anywhere. Read next: Man City player ratings as Ilkay Gundogan and Kyle Walker excellent "Nobody knows what is going to happen, maybe he will stay hopefully," the manager said after the 3-0 victory over Everton. "He can show again and again and again the quality and importance and his commitment, to all of us, to the club, not just scoring goals, now he has his momentum.
Against Leeds he was the player and again (against Everton). He can do everything and everything well." It was in Sunday's win over the Toffees, which has all but confirmed City will retain their Premier League title for a third time in a row, as well as last weekend's game at Leeds that has epitomised what Gundogan brings to the side.