17 | Kevin De Bruyne - 2023/24

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

This feels a bit like agueros last couple of seasons with the injuries mounting and playing time diminishing. Hopefully he will be like a new signing coming back in for the second half of the season and doing his thing.

 

[Father Paul]

Can’t say that yet. He has always got very down when injured from a child onwards. We see his sadness and feel for him. If he is given time to recover he may well get back to his best. Let’s hope so.

Hope your right.

 

[The Scarlet Pimpernel]

Wish he would retire from international matches.

He will one day….but I’m glad he’s not as that will signal he’s getting closer to not being able to sustain being right at the top. Pep will manage him like he did with D Silva eventually

 

[supercity88]

Gutted for him. Didn't think we'd see him until further into the season, but clearly this was going to happen based on how it did. We've managed without him before, and we can again but there's probably a need to identify someone else in the market now, in addition to Paqueta who we really need now in my opinion. Ideally we can get him back to play his part at the business end of the season. As ever, our plan will be to stay in the league cup, get to the CL knockouts and stay as close to the top of the league as we can until the new year when we start to click into business mode.

 

[Bluewars]

I am still curious about the nature of his injury. Did we really rush him little bit early than the original planned comeback? Or he's just unfortunate...?

Anyone has any concrete idea...?

Its an accumulation of fatigue and previous injuries. This new injury is the same hamstring he tore in the final, it could be scar tissue from the old injury or a new tear/strain, he's had hamstring and ligament injuries in both ankles historically which makes him more susceptible to new hamstring injuries along with his age. His game time needs to be carefully managed, in hindsight he should've played more minutes on the asia tour to ease him into match fitness.

 

[domalino]

I think people are overreacting a bit.

He’ll be back by December and play 70% of the season.

 

[kaz7]

No kev no party , if he was playing last night we would have probably won it in the ninety , going to be a massive loss

 

[HoneyMonster89]

His body is starting to break down, unfortunately.

He suffered a nasty achilles injury at Euro 2020 and now his hamstring is acting up.

He's 32. I can see this being his last season as a main player before being phased out.

 

[Delphinho]

Will undergo surgery and out for 3-4 months. Speedy recovery

 

[Claytop]

Hopefully sorts it once and for all.