Borussia Dortmund’s midfielder Ilkay Gündoğan has traveled to Japan to support his teammate Shinji Kagawa in Japan’s World Cup qualification game against Singapore.
Japan ended up drawing the game 0-0 leaving them in forth place in Group E after one game.
The former Manchester United player Kagawa was taken off aster 61 minutes in place of Osako.
Gündoğan posted pictures of his trip to Saitama on his official Twitter page.
Off we go to Japan! Tomorrow I'm keeping my fingers crossed for my friend @S_Kagawa0317 against Singapore! ✊ pic.twitter.com/DluJCEAYnE
— Ilkay Gündogan (@IlkayGuendogan) June 15, 2015
Supporting my friend @Shinji Kagawa in the stadium! ? Come on Japan! ✊ #JapanSingapore #WorldCupQualification pic.twitter.com/LIYZ90600U
— Ilkay Gündogan (@IlkayGuendogan) June 16, 2015
Good luck to @S_Kagawa0317 and Japan against Singapore! #WorldCupQualifiers #Kagawa pic.twitter.com/90EKnRKihu
— Ilkay Gündogan (@IlkayGuendogan) June 16, 2015
Gündoğan’s contract with Dortmund expires in June 2016 and the 24-year-old confirmed at the end of April that he would not be renewing his contract with the Bundesliga side.
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The 24-year-old played a staring role in Germany’s 7-0 victory over Gibraltar on Saturday evening.
Gündoğan has five assists and three goals in 33 appearances for Dortmund despite spending much of the season out with a back injury. The deep-lying-playmaker is almost certain to leave the Bundesliga giants over the summer.
