Manchester Metropolis signed Kevin De Bruyne for a then-club document price on at the present time in 2015.
e Bruyne joined from German outfit Wolfsburg, and the reported £55m price was the then-second highest paid by a British membership after Manchester United’s £59.7m signing of Angel Di Maria the earlier summer time.
The Belgium worldwide had beforehand spent an sad two-year spell in England at Chelsea between 2012 and 2014.
Kevin De Bruyne has put his sad spell at Chelsea firmly behind him (Nick Potts/PA)
He began solely 5 video games – two within the Premier League and three within the League Cup – for Chelsea and was shipped out on mortgage to Genk and Werder Bremen throughout his time at Stamford Bridge.
De Bruyne, then 24, mentioned: “I need to attain the best stage attainable as a participant and I believe a very powerful factor is that on the finish of the season we will be completely happy and possibly have some titles.”
He agreed a six-year deal and was bold Metropolis’s fourth summer time arrival after Raheem Sterling, Fabian Delph and Nicolas Otamendi.
“It takes a particular participant to enhance our squad,” then-Metropolis supervisor Manuel Pellegrini mentioned. “We prefer to play attacking, enticing soccer. Bringing in a participant like it will solely help us.
“He has all the psychological, bodily, tactical and technical attributes required to suit straight in.”
De Bruyne gained the PFA participant of the 12 months in 2021 (The PFA)
De Bruyne has gone on to turn into one of many world’s greatest gamers on the Etihad Stadium.
He has remodeled 300 appearances for Metropolis, scoring 87 targets and rating eighth all-time for Premier League assists with 89, whereas filling up his trophy cupboard at common intervals.
De Bruyne has gained 4 Premier League titles, one FA Cup, 5 League Cups and been a Champions League runner-up.
He was named the PFA Participant of the Yr in 2020 and 2021 and the perfect Champions League midfielder in 2020 in changing into a cornerstone of Pep Guardiola’s Metropolis aspect.
