{"id":295191,"date":"2023-11-02T12:25:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T12:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=295191"},"modified":"2023-11-02T12:25:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T12:25:37","slug":"gundogan-snubs-a-photo-opportunity-with-his-barcelona-team-mates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/gundogan-snubs-a-photo-opportunity-with-his-barcelona-team-mates\/","title":{"rendered":"Gundogan snubs a photo opportunity with his Barcelona team-mates"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ilkay Gundogan snubs a photo opportunity with his Barcelona team-mates and walks off at the Ballon d&#8217;Or awards ceremony &#8211; just days after he criticised his side&#8217;s lack of &#8216;anger and frustration&#8217; after losing to Real Madrid\u00a0<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Barcelona star Ilkay Gundogan ranked 14th in the Ballon d&#8217;Or standings this year<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But, he appeared to snub his team-mates at the awards ceremony on Monday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ilkay Gundogan appeared to snub a photo opportunity with his Barcelona team-mates at the Ballon d&#8217;Or awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The German midfielder moved to Barcelona in the summer after a hugely decorated spell with Manchester City. Gundogan won 14 trophies during his seven seasons at the Etihad &#8211; including five Premier League titles &#8211; and was captain as City won the Treble last season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His performances while with City saw him in the running for the prestigious Ballon d&#8217;Or trophy, before he ended up ranking in 14th.<\/p>\n<p>At the ceremony on Monday in Paris, he was joined by Barcelona vice-president Rafa Yuste, president Joan Laporta and team-mates Alejandro Balde and Marc-Andre ter Stegen.<\/p>\n<p>Balde came seventh in the Kopa Trophy &#8211; the award given to the best player under the age of 21 &#8211; while Ter Stegen came fifth in the Yashin Trophy standings &#8211; the award given to the best goalkeeper in the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/11\/77314297-12701837-image-a-1_1698922987351.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ilkay Gundogan seemed to snub his Barcelona team-mates at the Ballon d&#8217;Or awards ceremony<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/11\/77314433-12701837-image-a-2_1698923025378.jpg\" height=\"546\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>As they posed together for a photo, Gundogan (front centre) appeared to walk off on his own\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, as the quintet posed for a photo together on the red carpet, Gundogan seemed to just walk off on his own.<\/p>\n<p>Balde looked shocked by his team-mates actions, before deciding against bringing him back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gundogan walking off comes after he slammed his team-mates for their reaction to their 2-1 El Clasico defeat against Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>The German midfielder had scored his first Barcelona goal to put them 1-0 up, before two Jude Bellingham strikes &#8211; including one in injury time &#8211; meant they suffered a painful loss.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking post-match, Gundogan suggested that his Barcelona team-mates were not hurt enough by the defeat as he said: &#8216;<span>Of course people are disappointed but after such a big game, and such result, I wish there was more anger, frustration and disappointment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There has to be more emotion, especially when you lose. You know you can do better in certain situations and you don&#8217;t react, and this transfers to the pitch at the end of the day.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona have now dropped points in three of their last five league matches and are four points behind Real and LaLiga&#8217;s surprise package Girona.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gundogan&#8217;s post-match comments and photo snub come amid various reports he is unsettled at the club despite only joining in the summer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/11\/77314325-12701837-image-m-10_1698923133592.jpg\" height=\"613\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/11\/77314321-12701837-image-a-11_1698923139063.jpg\" height=\"613\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Those snubbed included left-back Alejandro Balde (left) and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (right)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/11\/77314303-12701837-image-a-12_1698923171367.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The apparent snub comes after Gundogan criticised his team-mates after their El Clasico loss<\/p>\n<p>For example,\u00a0reports broke on Wednesday that Barcelona apologised to him and his wife\u00a0Sara Arfaoui after making them feel &#8216;abandoned&#8217; following their arrival.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The report claimed Gundogan had complained to the club that he was disappointed with the amount of support he received when he was settling in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He expected to receive more help with things such as housing, transport, and care for his family and let his feelings be known as a result.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, reports in Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo\u00a0suggest Gundogan&#8217;s decision to leave the team photo was because he was being taken off for a photo by the event organisers of him alone on the red carpet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12701837\/Ilkay-Gundogan-Barcelona-Ballon-dOr-El-Clasico.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ilkay Gundogan snubs a photo opportunity with his Barcelona team-mates and walks off at the Ballon d&#8217;Or awards ceremony &#8211; just days after he criticised his side&#8217;s lack of &#8216;anger and frustration&#8217; after losing to Real Madrid\u00a0 Barcelona star Ilkay Gundogan ranked 14th in the Ballon d&#8217;Or standings this year But, he appeared to snub [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gundogan snubs a photo opportunity with his Barcelona team-mates - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/gundogan-snubs-a-photo-opportunity-with-his-barcelona-team-mates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gundogan snubs a photo opportunity with his Barcelona team-mates - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ilkay Gundogan snubs a photo opportunity with his Barcelona team-mates and walks off at the Ballon d&#8217;Or awards ceremony &#8211; 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