Manchester Metropolis head coach Pep Guardiola has dominated out the prospect of Kevin De Bruyne leaving the membership this summer season.
The 33-year-old Belgium worldwide mentioned in June that he was “open to all the pieces” amid curiosity in his providers from golf equipment in Saudi Arabia. He added earlier this month that he was anticipating talks with Metropolis concerning his future when he returns to the membership after a vacation following his participation on the European Championship.
De Bruyne has been a key participant for Metropolis since his transfer from Wolfsburg in 2015, serving to the membership win six Premier League titles in 9 seasons and their first-ever Champions League in 2023. He has one 12 months left on his contract at Metropolis and The Athletic reported final month that he could be open to a transfer to MLS both this summer season or subsequent.
“Kevin isn’t leaving,” Guardiola mentioned forward of Metropolis’s first pre-season match of the summer season in opposition to Celtic in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Wednesday.
De Bruyne missed round 5 months of final season after struggling a hamstring damage, which required surgical procedure, throughout Metropolis’s opening Premier League recreation. The attacking midfielder nonetheless made 26 appearances, scoring six targets and offering 18 assists.
He endured a disappointing Euro 2024 with Belgium, who misplaced 1-0 to France within the final 16 — though De Bruyne did rating within the group stage victory over Romania.
Metropolis have signed Brazil worldwide winger Savinho from Troyes this summer season however Guardiola isn’t anticipating many extra modifications to his first-team squad.
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“If somebody leaves, we’re going to speak about that and, in fact, till the final day (of the switch window) we’ve got probabilities,” Guardiola mentioned.
“I don’t rule out new gamers as an choice, however I believe there may be an 85, 90, 95 per cent likelihood we may have the identical squad.”
The Athletic reported on Tuesday that Metropolis No 1 Ederson is eager to maneuver to Saudi Arabia and would be a part of one other membership, with Al Ittihad on the scene, however the Premier League facet anticipate their asking value of round £50million to be too excessive.
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