The sports director of San Diego FC, Tyler Heps move For Kevin de Bruyne from Manchester City.
The fading Belgian playmaker will be taken out of the contract at the end of June and Pep Guardiola distanced himself from discussions about a new deal. “He will be 34 years old at the end of the season and he has to decide,” the city manager noticed. “What happens, belongs to him and the club.”
The speculations about the next team from De Bruyne included a return to Belgium or the wealth of Saudi Arabia. However, San Diego FC has been associated with the ex-Schelsea player since last summer.
The sports director of the California Club was interested in suppressing the bubbling gossip.
“I don’t know these rumors where they come from,” said HEAPs, quoted by the Manchester Evening News. “I spoke to the agent. Of course, the agent has many players. Every time I see it, I say: ‘Are you the one who says all of the stuff?’
“He is a fantastic footballer and he loves this area. He goes on vacation here every year, but I’m not sure where this rumor comes from again and again.”
HEPs drove exactly why his club is unable to sign de Bruyne: “I have had conversations with him, but I will tell you what, these wages will currently not fit our budget, which has his expectations.”
De Bruyne is considered one of the best paid footballers in the world, let alone in the Premier League. According to the setting of a data analysis company, in order to present a statistical estimate of its value for the city, the productive creator already wrote a deal worth 26.9 million GBP per year in 2021.
The MLS salaries are limited with an annual income of 575,657 GBP, but three players in each club are entitled to sums outside the restrictions. San Diego already has two of these “designated players” – Anders Dreyer and Hirving Lozano – and were able to theoretically complete their three assigned slots with de Bruyne. As the pile outlined, however, the demands of the aging city star are not suitable for our budget.
No player in North America’s top level can keep up with de Bruynes current city content. Even Lionel Messi, Inter Miamis Feted Star player, has “only” entitled to guarantee the compensation of 15.8 million GBP per year. MLS Players’ Association. The second highest star paid in the division, Lorenzo Insigne from Toronto FC, earns less than half of the Pay package by de Bruyne (11.9 million GBP).