Back to De Bruyne: “I just want to play football and we’ll see in the future…”
Arguably the most important player of the last decade for Manchester City is Kevin De Bruyne, who has played an important role in the English team’s success since Guardiola’s arrival. However, it occurs in the last year of the contract and still no news about its renewal. The Catalan coach had already signed an extension and although this seemed to clarify Kevin’s future, He didn’t want to give any clues about what he would do next summer.
De Bruyne appeared at the press conference ahead of the Champions League match against Feyenoord and, as expected, Many questions were aimed at continuity in the team.. However, the football player avoided making statements, assuring that “he doesn’t care” And “He just wants to play.”
Guardiola gives instructions to De Bruyne.
Regarding whether there were conversations, he was also not brief in his answer: “I’m not too obsessed with things now. I know people will ask me questions about this, but there’s not much I can say, There weren’t many conversations, so I’m fine, I’m happy, I just want to play good football again and we’ll see about the future.“.
Despite the insistence of the journalists, he continued without giving any clues: “I’m not in a rush, so I don’t feel uncomfortable in my situation.”. There will be conversations and If not, this will be my last year in Manchester. “I’m not worried.”.
You won’t be here when you think you can’t produce like you have in the last decade.
Even Guardiola spoke about this, assuring that it would depend on De Bruyne himself: “Like in the case of Silva and in many other cases, the decision will be made by him. I’m pretty sure he’ll be sincere.” He wants to finish here, or this season, or next, at his best level. “He won’t be here when he thinks he can’t produce the same results as he has in the last decade.”
At 33 years old, he will be spending his last few years in the elite, and although his future is not yet decided, he looks good on the playing field: “When I came back from injury I felt that I could still make a difference in this team and so far I feel that this is a good indicator that I can continue at this level.”.
Trauma in the midst of a crisis
Kevin has been injured for several weeks this season. and that is why he had to watch his team’s poor results from the sidelines, with the exception of last weekend’s defeat in which he was able to appear again. Despite the result, the player was glad to return: “I’m starting to feel better, so I’m glad about that. It was an unpleasant time.“.
There were injured people who played anyway
This situation affected not only the Belgian, but also other members of the team. “There were people who shouldn’t have done it, but they played anyway because of injury.“De Bruyne said.
Regarding the crisis facing Manchester City, he followed the line of his manager, taking it quite calmly, although pointing out a possible reason: “We have become good at creating chances, but “The problem is in both areas: it’s too easy to concede goals and not score the ones we should score.”. Moreover, he closed the topic with clarity: “I don’t think this team needs a lot of matchups.”