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Hey guys, does anyone here have access to the full version of this article? I'd love to read it. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/de-bruyne-is-footballs-grandmaster-fgvkczffd

Great article. Some really personal stuff there.

You're massively overestimating Martinez. I doubt he's doing any real coaching at all, but if he is then it isn't visible on the field at all. I think he's only playing one game (against a weak team) to hide how terrible his tactics are so he doesn't get fired. I'll give a recap to show how...

Casually trying to score from the halfway line (and almost succeeding too):

Yep, it's why KDB asked the Chelsea board for an open training, so he could prove Mourinho was wrong.

You're not wrong. But a lot of people seem to think KDB was average before he went to wolfsburg, he wasn't. Kev won the title with Genk when he was only 18-19. With Genk he had 6 goals and 17 assists in 10/11, 8 goals and 15 assists in 11/12. Was lent to Werder Bremen in 12/13 who were fighting...

Can't really agree with this part completely. KDB was in the top10 of most distance covered in the first 5 (i think) PL games this season. NR1 in the city squad. I do agree he looks tired at the end of each game though. He might have pushed himself too far last game.

As a Belgian i've been a KDB fan ever since he starting bossing our National team. That was even before he joined Chelsea. So i was watching him closely at Chelsea too. He never asked to be played every game, he just wanted to play at least a little. He started the first game at Chelsea and was...

I looked it up, looks like Payet has the most created chances in the tournament: 24, KDB created 23 chances (and played 2 games less!). So i don't understand why some people keep saying he had a bad tournament. The biggest failes of our euros were Lukaku and fucking Wilmots. The amount of...

Yep, you can see KDB catching up with great speed when Lukaku scored his second vs Ireland:

Belgian here, you guys are right about pretty much everything. Our biggest problems: - No fullbacks. In the world cup we used Vertonghen & Alderweireld while we had Kompany, Vermaelen & Van Buyten in the middle. But Van Buyten has retired, Kompany is out and Vermaelen is just back from injury...

Belgian here, yes please to the trophies. :) And as for Zidane, as much as it sounds like blasphemy i think KDB is already better. A few stats: Zidane for Juve: 197 games played, 29 goals and 24 assists. 0.27 G+A per game. Zidane for Real: 227 games played, 49 goals and 46 assists. 0.41 G+A...

No need to worry about that. The problem at Chelsea wasn't that KDB couldn't handle Mourinho as a dictator or something like that, it was that he never got to play. He got voted best young player in the bundesliga the year before and he spent half the year watching the game from the stands. And...

Not the best day here in Belgium, but at least there's this little bit of good news: KDB's recovery is going better than expected and he'll be ready to play after the international break.

Out for 6 weeks:

Don't worry about it. Kevin was doing great in the bundesliga and loved it there. Makes perfect sense that he would have liked staying and playing for one of the best teams in the world. PSG wanted him too, but kevin didn't like the weaker french competition. The good parts: His manager said...

I agree, i really think the ball landed exactly where KDB wanted it to. He prefers taking his free kicks so that the balls dips so low, it touches the goal line. But because there was a defender in the goal, this would have been very easy to stop. But by placing it between the defender and the...

Lots of games for Belgium and Wolfsburg. I can see a lot of similarities between City and the Belgian squad. Belgium has had several games where the midfield didn't work and we looked weak & inspirationless despite all the stars in our team. Very similar to how City now plays without Silva imo...

I really don't undrstand why MP refuses to play KDB centrally. He can play as a winger but is clearly at his best when he can dictate the game from midfield. Sterling - kdb - navas with aguero up front is still an offense to be feared. KDB is a great backup for Silva, just seems crazy not to...

Yes please, just let KDB play his favorite (best player in the bundesliga) role while Sterling can threaten Juve with his speed. I would have expected this to be the default team without Silva.