17 | Kevin De Bruyne - 2023/24

[dadnlad]

Talks of 77 million from saudi for that Fat Brazillian at swamp. So would have to be about £100 surley?

we can sell a player

 

[Snape]

Looks like he could be off soon then. If we can get a decent fee this summer it might be for the best all round. Incredible player but time waits for no man.

Or as Jimmy Wagg would say he’s suffering from “date of birth disease”.

 

[Petethemancinleeds]

Must admit this statement compromises my theory that he is as close as it gets to being Colin Bell Mark 2 but his family are not down to earth northerners and have every right to earn even more wonga in the sunshine, who wouldn't.
Amazing the limitless Arab money can't go to making life more bearable in gaza etc.

 

[youngbob]

One year extension. One more season. £100m from a Saudi team next summer. Fine with that.

 

[fathellensbellend]

if 100 million was slapped down, i would pull their arm off for it, the KDB we once had is no more, we might get glimpses, but not to the level we have known, you cannot beat age, a good offer has to be accepted

 

[1Basti]

i would cash-in on KDB even for €50m...it always seems his ego is too big to fulfil a similar role like Modric/Kroos at Madrid (reduced game time/wages) & it would give more minutes for the young players...

 

[kaz7]

i would cash-in on KDB even for €50m...it always seems his ego is too big to fulfil a similar role like Modric/Kroos at Madrid (reduced game time/wages) & it would give more minutes for the young players...

Kev has an ego ? Fucking hell heard it all now

 

[kaz7]

One year extension. One more season. £100m from a Saudi team next summer. Fine with that.

I agree, but i am not convinced he wants to go there , if he does then fine , i also think he would not leave this summer without a goodbye

 

[skillman]

He's keeping his options open - he knows he is, unfortunately, declining in the sense of being able to do it at the top level consistently. His legs are slowing down while his head is still working as it always has been. Must be so frustrating for him really.

Unless he adapts and changes his game, or Pep changes how he's used, then he's probably thinking he can earn a fortune playing within himself elsewhere rather than being a deputy in this squad.

It's like the final, we'd have been better off having him come on after an hour rather than going off with a whimper 55 minutes in having had a mare.

Seeing Foden step up centrally will have no doubt changed both his and the club's perception of things as always.

Personally hope he stays, though, but we can't be relying on him week in week out anymore IMO.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

i would cash-in on KDB even for €50m...it always seems his ego is too big to fulfil a similar role like Modric/Kroos at Madrid (reduced game time/wages) & it would give more minutes for the young players...

Give me an example of when he had portrayed the ego you have said he’s got.

 

[wolviedinho]

The quotes from KDB is to be expected with Saudi a viable option.

Stick or twist? The club will have a decision to make with Kev this summer. He has a few options, leave now for a big fee, leave on a free or extend with city but with limited game time. Very few top players accept the last option.

As for city, do we believe the player is coming to the end or has he another title charge in him. I’m not so sure, he looked good coming back initially but dropped off towards the run in. Pep also subbed him a few times. The upheaval losing him without adding a top playmaker would be huge.

What a player, another that sadly won’t be replaced. We have been lucky to have so many recently.

The team will struggle until it evolves again. Pep not certain on staying either, Eddie possible looking out and suddenly the spine is gone before you know it. The recruitment needs to be very good to keep us top.

 

[SomeMightSay]

Keep him another year, play him right wing, just putting that ball of Erling's head. He'd be amazing at that.

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

At least he isn’t spouting shite (like Gerrard and henderson) about wanting to go there to sample the lifestyle or the football or change the country’s attitude to things such as homosexuality

Our kevs honest at least

An unapologetic greedy bastard but an honest one at that

 

[heslops barnet]

Yep. I'd imagine he can't be short of a bob or two at this stage of his career. A month of his current money at City would set me up for life. I can’t see him being the sort of person to piss it all up against the wall, or gamble it all away. And he's going to be on an unbelievable pension when he jacks it all in. You'll have plenty of time for "exotic adventures" with your wife then Kev. And anyway; how much more money does he honestly need?

No player goes to Saudi for “challenges”…..

 

[heslops barnet]

Keep him another year, play him right wing, just putting that ball of Erling's head. He'd be amazing at that.

Pity the Viking isn’t. ;-)

 

[jimharri]

No player goes to Saudi for “challenges”…..

Oh, I dunno; how many 500 riyal notes can you fit in your pocket at one time?

 

[Dax777]

At least he isn’t spouting shite (like Gerrard and henderson) about wanting to go there to sample the lifestyle or the football or change the country’s attitude to things such as homosexuality

Our kevs honest at least

An unapologetic greedy bastard but an honest one at that

Greedy how?

 

[Dax777]

There was a reason I was banging for Wirtz last summer. As I always saw this as Kev's last season as an undisputed top player. Injuries are slowly catching on.


If he wants to go make ''turn me into a billionaire" money. Then he absolutely should go do that.

For some, It would be a far more fulfilling experience than playing backup at a team where he used to be King.

Modric might be okay with a bit part role at Madrid, but that isn't for every one time Superstar.

 

[Craig]

Keep him another year, play him right wing, just putting that ball of Erling's head. He'd be amazing at that.

Thought that’s what we should have done in the last 35 of the final rather than subbing him

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Kev leaving this summer would be a bit shit wouldn't it, he needs a proper send-off.

We seem weirdly bad at this. I know it was covid but Silva and Sergio still never got the farewell they deserved.

About the only player in recent times we had a proper sendoff that justified their position in the club was Zabba. I actually had a little cry that day.

If we let Kev just walk out the back door it would be a travesty.