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- Kevin De Bruyne, 33, has been linked with a potential switch to Saudi Arabia
- However the Belgian has mentioned that he will probably be staying at Manchester Metropolis this summer season
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Kevin De Bruyne has insisted that he has by no means indicated his need to depart Manchester Metropolis and that he totally expects to remain on the membership this summer season.
De Bruyne, who’s at the moment in Germany with the Belgium nationwide workforce at Euro 2024, has been linked with a potential mega-money transfer to Saudi Arabia.
The 33-year-old playmaker had a ‘chat’ with Michael Emenalo, the Saudi Professional League’s sporting director, in December. Nonetheless, De Bruyne has claimed that their dialog was not a couple of potential switch.
As quoted by Het Nieuwsblad on Monday forward of Belgium’s conflict with France within the Euros’ spherical of 16, De Bruyne mentioned: ‘Sure [I’ll stay at City]. I’ve learn lots of headlines a couple of switch, however I have not spoken to anybody.
‘I noticed him [Emenalo] on the Membership World Cup. I do know Michael, so it is smart for us to have a chat. Nevertheless it wasn’t about that.’
Man Metropolis star Kevin De Bruyne has mentioned that he’s staying on the Etihad Stadium this summer season
De Bruyne had a ‘chat’ with Saudi Professional League director Michael Emenalo (pictured) final 12 months
De Bruyne has simply 12 months remaining on the Metropolis contract he signed in April 2021 however he might but pen an extension.
Requested what his subsequent transfer could be after Metropolis, he replied: ‘It is exhausting to say now. We will probably be sitting across the desk within the coming months.’
He added: ‘I signed my contract on the proper time. If there’s a good supply and also you inform Pep [Guardiola] that you simply wish to go away, that’s potential. This can be totally different at different golf equipment. However I’ve by no means indicated that I wish to go away.
‘I’ve greater than sufficient cash. But when an absurd quantity comes… That can also be for my household, my kin, my grandchildren, my great-grandchildren and my mates.’
De Bruyne missed an enormous chunk of the 2023-24 marketing campaign attributable to a hamstring harm.
Regardless of that includes in simply 18 Premier League video games, he produced 4 targets and 10 assists to assist ship Metropolis a record-breaking fourth consecutive title.
De Bruyne is at the moment in Germany with the Belgium males’s nationwide workforce at UEFA Euro 2024
The 33-year-old skilled on Sunday on the eve of his nation’s conflict with France within the final 16
His purpose proper now’s to ship his nation’s first main worldwide title since 1920 – when Belgium gained gold on the Olympic Video games on residence soil.
De Bruyne has indicated that he doesn’t want for Euro 2024 to be his closing event with Belgium, regardless of some strategies that he may contemplate retiring from worldwide soccer on the finish of this summer season.
‘Throughout worldwide breaks at Metropolis we all the time get seven to 10 days off. That may be welcome for my household,’ he admitted. ‘However I haven’t got ten extra years left as a footballer. I’ve additionally been absent from the nationwide workforce many instances [due to injuries].
‘I will say it… If I proceed to really feel good, I’ll most likely be out there. I simply do not know what it will likely be like subsequent 12 months. A loopy season is coming for Metropolis, with much more matches. It should stay bodily and mentally possible.’
