Saudi Arabia continues to roam freely within the European market, and now it’s Kevin De Bruynetop-of-the-line midfielders of the previous decade, who will pack their baggage for Saudi soccer.
Saudi cash on the cost
Because the ‘Day by day Mail’ factors out‘, the settlement between the participant and Al-Ittihad is full, a pharaonic provide that the Belgian couldn’t have refused. After 9 profitable years at Manchester Metropolis, a membership the place Kevin has develop into a legend of the Premier Leaguethe midfielder will change groups at 33 years previous.
Let’s keep in mind that the previous Chelsea and Wolfsburg participant, amongst different groups, has been maybe an important participant since Pep Guardiola’s arrival in Manchester, an omnipresent midfielder within the midfield who has been key within the ‘Cityzen’ dominance of all English competitions. De Bruyne will go away the British Isles with 6 Premier League, 2 FA Cup and 5 League Cups underneath his belt.
AN OFFER IMPOSSIBLE TO REFUSE
“If I play there for 2 years I may earn an unbelievable quantity” De Bruyne advised a Belgian newspaper a number of weeks in the past, arguing that Saudi soccer is a virtually unrejectable possibility within the twilight of a footballer’s profession, the place cash turns into the precedence earlier than titles. Much more so for a boy like De Bruyne, who at membership stage has gained all the things. A very powerful of all, the one which Metropolis had been resisting for thus a few years, he achieved in 2023, a Champions League in Istanbul that ended the European nightmare of the Manchester membership. De Bruyne needed to retire injured within the remaining, though that European scepter has his title engraved in hearth.
Kevin de Bruyne and Jérémy Doku could make the distinction towards Romania / EFE
In any case, Kevin is already interested by the subsequent chapter of his profession and evidently these siren songs will quickly develop into actuality, for the reason that Belgian will develop into a part of Al-Ittihad subsequent season, a crew by which different superstars already play akin to Karim Benzema, Fabinho or N’Golo Kanté himself, who’s deeply concerned in rumours a couple of attainable return to Europe.
With the settlement closed between membership and participant, now all that’s left is for Metropolis y Al-Ittihad have simply agreed on a switch charge. If the departure is made official, Pep Guardiola must search for a substitute for his ‘magician’ within the the rest of the switch market. Regardless of having a expertise like Rodri within the engine room, gamers like Kalvin Philipps, Kovacic or Matheus Nunes, who arrived final summer time and has been a testimonial within the rotation, appear inadequate for a crew that aspires to all the things like Metropolis.
Let’s keep in mind that De Bruyne solely has one 12 months left on his contract with Manchester Metropolis, the membership the place he landed in 2015 and the place he has defended the ‘Cityzen’ jersey in 382 matches. 102 objectives and 160 assists These are the data of a soccer wizard who will at all times be remembered within the British Isles.
IN ARABIA THEY DENY IT
Different sources in Saudi Arabia say that there isn’t any settlement between the footballer Metropolis and Al-IttihadAs reported by Fabrizio Romano, the precedence for Laurent Blanc’s crew can be the French winger from Aston Villa, Moussa Diaby, for which they are going to pay round 55 million euros. We’ll see what finally ends up taking place with Kevin De Bruye and his future on the ‘skyblue’ aspect of Manchester.
