The midfielder has been linked with a move to Manchester United and, with his contract expiring in 2016, the club are under pressure to decide whether to sell.Borussia Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc has admitted the club will have to make a decision over the future of Ilkay Gundogan soon.
Reports emerged in Germany on Friday that the midfielder was close to a transfer to Manchester United, but the club's CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has denied that there has been any contact between the two clubs.
Zorc accepts, however, that with his contract set to expire in 2016, the club must consider if they want to sell Gundogan in order to avoid losing the player for free, as they did with Robert Lewandowski.
"Gundogan's situation isn't straightforward, because his contract expires in 2016. There will be a decision soon," he told Kicker.
Defender Mats Hummels is another BVB star to be linked with a summer exit but Zorc is more confident over the prospect of keeping the World Cup-winner.
"As far as I know, Hummels' contract still runs until 2017. We did not receive any offer that we should think about," he said.
"There will surely be some changes to the team this summer. Maybe more changes than in recent years. But we won't radically change our team."
Zorc is now looking forward to Tuesday's DFB-Pokal semi-final with Bayern Munich.
"Knockout matches have a certain appeal, because you can solve everything in one match. The final in Berlin is a dream goal for us. We have many beautiful and some not so beautiful memories from that stadium.
"The final is important and the team who qualifies can be proud. Getting to Berlin was always an important goal. Of course we know that we are not the favourite in this semi-final but that is not important."

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