De Bruyne?

The coach. He's pissed. Cause...We're gonna get him, we're gonna get him...

http://allsports.com.gh/football/le...of-kevin-de-bruyne-speculation-id4072210.html

An exasperated Dieter Hecking says ongoing questions on the future of sought-after Wolfsburg star Kevin De Bruyne are annoying him.

The Belgium international has become one of the hottest properties in world football after a stellar campaign for Wolfsburg last year.

De Bruyne's 10 goals and 20 assists helped the club to second in the Bundesliga and his performances have reportedly attracted interest from several clubs.

Manchester City have been heavily linked with the forward, but as speculation rumbles on, Hecking expressed his frustration at relentless questions regarding the player's future.

"It's getting on our nerves because the questions are the same and the answers as well," he said. "Even you guys [the press] should have understood that by now. We can't give you anything more.

"I personally can't answer this question at all, because this is topic is more for [sporting director] Klaus Allofs.

"But I don't want to say anything about this topic, because Allofs already said enough. The club has a clear standpoint and we can't react to every story The Guardian, Daily Mirror or a newspaper in Magdeburg or Manchester writes.

"I really don't care and that's getting on my nerves.

"It's not my job as manager to give daily updates and it affects the team. I read a comment from Bas Dost today, who said that the team knows that one of the players is wanted by top clubs.

"He has deserved that, but the team is a big factor in why he made this development. And Kevin De Bruyne knows that. He didn't do this by himself.

"If you see him, you have no impression that Kevin is thinking about leaving. That he is privately thinking about it is normal.

"But the moment he steps into our training-facilities, he is focused and looking toward the start of the Bundesliga on Sunday. That's why all the questions are getting on our nerves."
 
sam663 said:
Fuck off ya ginger tit(if he hasn't decided yet)!!
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He's hardly going to rub Wolfburg's noses in it and say that he decided to join City months ago is he? Officially he has no decision to make until the clubs agree a deal.
 
Neville Kneville said:
If that tweet was true, I'd tell him to fuck off.

I don't believe a word of it.
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sam663 said:
Fuck off ya ginger tit(if he hasn't decided yet)!!
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If he's having trouble deciding whether to join us or leave for Bayern/Real/Barcelona next year that's a good sign - it means we are pushing the limits of the quality of player we can attract, and we're signing players good enough for the best teams in the world.

If a player is desperate to come to us and he has no other options that means no one else of our stature rates him enough to be interested in him. I bet Scott Sinclair didn't second guess joining us.

What's important is that he gets here. That's all.
 
hgblue said:
He's hardly going to rub Wolfburg's noses in it and say that he decided to join City months ago is he? Officially he has no decision to make until the clubs agree a deal.
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I think the problem is Wolfsburg dont need to sell and dont need the cash and get the feeling they might only agree a fee to "respect the player's wishes"...in my opinion, if De bruyne sits on the fence and is happy to stay.....this deal isnt going to happen! His agent and De Bruyne have been very careful about what they say and he seems happy to stay with Wolfsburg but also interested to join us.....I think we at a point where De Bruyne needs to pick a side and i just not sure him or his agent are willing to push hard enough to get out of Wolfsburg....I think if De Bruyne was willing to do a "Otamendi" and skip training, he would already be a City player.....Wolfsburg seem to want the rumours and the questions stopped so this meeting with De Bruyne last nite/today could push the deal or very quickly end anymore negotiations.....
 
That Sky Germany tweet is nonsense, he's known about our interest for months now and has had time to thoroughly think it through. You don't just make a life changing decision in a week.

What they probably mean is that next week he will formalise his intentions
 
TRUE BLUE NO1 said:
I think the problem is Wolfsburg dont need to sell and dont need the cash
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I swear to God every time I read this I nearly have an aneurism.
Did United need £80m for Ronaldo? No.
Does any Premier League club ever need to sell? No. Tottenham financially could have kept Modric and Bale. Liverpool didn't need to sell Suarez.

Why do people keep saying they don't need the money? It is doing my head in big time.
 
De Bruyne seems to be more concerned about upsetting Wolfsburg than he is about his own career if you ask me. And I'd prefer it if he had shown a bit more desire about wanting to join City.
 
Dave S said:
De Bruyne seems to be more concerned about upsetting Wolfsburg than he is about his own career if you ask me. And I'd prefer it if he had shown a bit more desire about wanting to join City.
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He might be showing plenty of desire to the deal makers though, and ultimately that's all that matters.
 
Just my opinion but I think de bruyne might be worrried hes gonna go from playing every game to squad rotation
 
'Not needing to sell' doesn't mean a club won't sell. It means they can command a higher price, that's all.
Football clubs are a business, there's no real sentiment here. They aren't being asked to sell a wedding ring to something, players are commodities.
If a club really NEED to sell, it puts them in a weak position, and the player's price goes down. If they don't need to sell. they can afford to hold out for more money. Holding out for more money just means the tipping point (where they WILL sell) is higher.

There's not a board in the world who'd not sell a player for the right price. They'd not be doing their job if they did, and in some cases could land themselves in legal trouble if they didn't sell!. Ultimately, it's never about what's best for the football, it's what's best for the business (even though the two are interlinked, the business always takes precedence).
 
Sky Sport Germany is no good source. Anyone who can add one and one will see it.

Facts:
- Kevin said he would not know where he will play next season
- His agent said it is up to the clubs to find an agreement, so Kevin surely already had agreed to join us long ago
- His agent also said they don't move till they receive a call, what one again makes you think we have cleared personal terms long ago


And now Kevin will decide if he wants to leave?! It's really shocking how easy one can become a journalist.
 
As for squad rotation, it's unlikely to happen to any serious degree at that price, although he might have to sit out SOME cup games etc, which you'd expect.
If he's worried about rotation with us, then that would apply at Bayern, Barca or Real too.
Ultimately, if he turned out to be a flop, yes, he'd be dropped. Every player knows that though.
 
@BluePhil8 said:
I swear to God every time I read this I nearly have an aneurism.
Did United need £80m for Ronaldo? No.
Does any Premier League club ever need to sell? No. Tottenham financially could have kept Modric and Bale. Liverpool didn't need to sell Suarez.

Why do people keep saying they don't need the money? It is doing my head in big time.
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BluePhil8....It's not just about saying they dont need the money......it just means they have "one less reason" to sell the player! The big question is, if De Bruyne is not willing to push for a move, are we willing to offer enough to "give" them another reason to sell? Are we willing to make them an offer they cant refuse?....If De Bruyne sits down and says he wants to join us then 50mil could be enough to get the deal done...Are we willing to offer 57mil-60mil to give Wolfsburg a reason to sell if De Bruyne says he happy to stay with Wolfsburg?? Their financial situation does make an impact in talks.....as it impacts what they need or willing to accept in these negotiations.
 
joeyh123 said:
Just my opinion but I think de bruyne might be worrried hes gonna go from playing every game to squad rotation
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Personally I think that players who worry about playing time/squad rotation are those who lack confidence in their own ability. KDB has already shown he has self confidence by not being willing to be a bit part player for Mourinho by moving to Wolfsburg because he thought he WAS good enough to play for Chelsea despite Mourinho's comments to the contrary.

This is completely different to Johnson, Sinclair, Rodwell and Richards who have mostly gone on to prove our various managers assertions that they simply weren't good enough for a first team place in a team with ambitions to play at the very highest level of football. Think about it for a second, all four of those players seem to have found their levels playing with mid-bottom of the table Premier League teams. Not one of them is an England regular nor are any of them being pursued by any big clubs.

They're the types of players who are worried about playing time at bug clubs, not the likes of KDB imo...........
 
@BluePhil8 said:
I swear to God every time I read this I nearly have an aneurism.
Did United need £80m for Ronaldo? No.
Does any Premier League club ever need to sell? No. Tottenham financially could have kept Modric and Bale. Liverpool didn't need to sell Suarez.

Why do people keep saying they don't need the money? It is doing my head in big time.
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All of those players (maybe not Bale) forced a move. Those clubs didn't need to sell and would have been quite happy to keep those players.
 
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