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He's played Ilkay ahead of Sami when both have been fit before Ilkay has seldom been fit, but when he has, he's almost always been first choice since Jogi first integrated him in 2012. Unlike Khedira, who Jogi has put on the bench in favor of others before.
Did he? I can't remember Gündogan playing much when the others were fit, apart from one friendly against Brazil where he for once paired Kroos and Ilkay in midfield - and that didn't go very well. So I think he'll stick to what worked before and worked in the previous friendly against Spain.