When a player left the club has devoted to his career, spent the most beautiful years, he has about three roads to go. The first is to do Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Jamie Carragher or Gerard Pique, by completely retiring, ensuring never to become the enemy of the old NHM.
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The second and most popular path is to move to a tournament in another country, on another continent, where he is not able to meet the old team again. Steven Gerrard, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta both followed this path. The third path is the least traveling and controversial: moving to a rival club, like Luis Figo and Sol Campbell did.
This is a awkward situation that De Bruyne is considering the next move after being forced to leave Man City. Initially, people thought that he would end his career at MLS, with Inter Miami, San Diego FC and Chicago Fire. But it is more likely that he will stay in Europe, even in the Premier League.
Rumor, Liverpool contacted De Bruyne to discuss the contract. And considering his recent achievement as the champion, many famous clubs are lined up to try to persuade him to extend the time to stay in the most attractive tournament in the world.
De Bruyne’s departure was not surprising, because he was in the last months of the contract and suffered a back injury this season, after being torn 2 times in 2023. Initially seemed to be a friendly farewell, when he made an emotional statement and Pep Guardiola believed that the club would set up a statue to honor him.
But it is just a deception. De Bruyne, in an interview, did not agree with the club’s decision and said it made him uncomfortable. After helping Man City come back 5-2 against Crystal Palace, he admitted to consider the offer from Premier League clubs because he believed that he was still able to play here.
He refers to that he is one of the “sacrifices” for the worst season in 9 years under Guardiola. “Perhaps if the team did not have difficulty, they made another decision,” he continued to express his dissatisfaction after scoring the only goal in the fascist victory against Wolves.
The recent actions of De Bruyne have said many things and Premier League clubs will be idiots if not recruiting him in the form of free transfer. Despite the physical problem, De Bruyne is still the second most scoring player from the club after Erling Haaland, with 4 goals and 7 assists.
He is a key character in the series of 4 consecutive victories of Man City to ensure the position in the top 5 and eligible to attend the Champions League. He played the best team in the victory over Palace, scored from a free kick, created for Mateo Kovacic to score and were also most appreciated in the important victory against Aston Villa.
Like last season, when he led Man City to the championship after recovery after the helting surgery and contributing 23 goals in the half -season, De Bruyne proved that he was still an incredible player when he was healthy. If used properly, he could be a great asset for any club.
De Bruyne said “I am a hungry animal” after a wonderful performance against Palace, and declares the title priority in Europe rather than money in Saudi Arabia and the United States. According to the latest rumors, Napoli and Liverpool expressed their interest in De Bruyne.
Barriers for Napoli can be the Premier League, the most attractive tournament in the world. He is still brave and new motivation: showing Man City how wrong they were when he considered it out of time. Therefore, Liverpool is not the only team that wants De Bruyne.
He can help Arsenal win the title by increasing the power to attack their mighty defense. You can help Newcastle to the top position. And the old Chelsea club? De Bruyne can be the motivation to promote the team that is extremely talented but often out of this.
In other words, De Bruyne still has many things to do in the Premier League, and the top teams have a golden opportunity to attract Man City’s biggest talent in the past decade and turn him into their rival.
