Kevin De Bruyne reveals heartbreaking personal belief over Manchester City future | OneFootball

Manchester City have been issued a heartbreaking belief from Kevin De Bruyne over his future at the club and in English football ahead of his exit this summer.

The Belgium international midfielder is approaching the end of his career at the Etihad Stadium after conversations between all parties resulted in Manchester City officials taking the decision not to offer a contract renewal for the player.

As such, Kevin De Bruyne will be free to leave Manchester City at the end of his current deal which expires at the end of the ongoing season and midway through the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup campaign in the United States.

There remains plenty of uncertainty as to where De Bruyne will next play his football with Major League Soccer viewed as the favourites to land the superstar this summer, and specifically The Chicago Fire.

But in the meantime, the veteran creator at the heart of everything brilliant for Manchester City for almost a decade continues to put in top-level performances that are driving the club back into the UEFA Champions League qualification spots for next season.

Speaking to Sky Sports after Manchester City’s 1-0 win over Wolves on Friday night, in which Kevin De Bruyne scored the crucial winning goal, the midfielder admitted while there is no doubt emotion with just a handful of matches left in sky blue, there is also a job to do.

“I just try to play as good football as I can and obviously I know I’ve got one game left here [at the Etihad Stadium],” De Bruyne insisted.

“But I just try to do my job like I’ve always done and I did that today, so I’m proud of what I’m doing and that’s how it’s supposed to be.”

Discussing how the team have reacted to his imminent emotional exit from the club after 10 years of service to the Etihad Stadium, De Bruyne said, “A lot of teammates have spoken to me and I think they’re sad also that I have to go, but sometimes it goes like this in life.

“But I think the way that I’m performing and acting like a teammate is how everybody should supposed to be. I give everything and I want to win the game, so that’s it for me.”

Perhaps most telling was when Kevin De Bruyne was asked what the future could hold for himself, and whether the decision to let him go by Manchester City is added inspiration to put in strong performances between now and his exit.

“I don’t know, unfortunately. No, I don’t know yet,” the 33-year-old said of his next steps in the game.

“I think I’ve shown that I can still play here [at Manchester City and in England], otherwise I don’t do what I do these last four or five weeks. That is it from my point.”

While Kevin De Bruyne and Manchester City’s playing squad will no doubt be focussed on the task at hand in the remaining three Premier League games plus the FA Cup final, attentions off the pitch will be centred on how best to replace the Belgian.

Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz is viewed internally as the ideal candidate to take on such a mammoth role at the club for the foreseeable future, while there is also interest in Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White.