Pep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City, confirmed that it was the club’s decision not to offer Kevin de Bruyne a new contract so that they have more means to continue their dramatic squad overhaul this summer.
De Bruyne announced that at the end of the current campaign on Friday, he would leave in an emotional social media post without showing which party was behind the decision to separate. “Whether we like it or not, it’s time to say goodbye,” wrote the 33-year-old in Manchester after a decade.
Guardiola previously emphasized that the discussions about the future of de Bruyne do not affect him. “What happens, belongs to him and the club,” said the Catalan coach in February. After the news was unveiled this week, Guardiola outlined his participation in the process, which was ultimately taken out of de Bruynes control.
“The decision was made for the club and the club is the club,” admitted City’s boss. “Me, txiki [Begiristain – City’s sporting director]And the club is what it is. It was not easy for me to tell him that things will not go on. “
Guardiola had indicated a possible departure of opportunities for de Bruyne and several other injury -prone members of the city squad at the beginning of this season. “We have to sit down with the doctors, with the players, with the agents and make it clear to me that some of them cannot play every three days, every two months, every three or four days,” said the former Bavaria Munich and Barcelona manager.
In the last two seasons, de Bruyne’s body did not keep the relentless schedule of football, as Guardiola emphasized this week: “In recent years he was injured because he gave everything for the club.
The Telegraph Claims that de Bruyne in the region of 400,000 GBP is paid per week. If this number is correct, the departure of the Belgian will spend almost 21 million pounds for the city next season, this will be for transfer fees or the salary of a newcomer.
City has long been connected to a change for Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Florian Wirtz, although she can master more than 100 million pounds for a player who is expected.