🇧🇪 Kevin de Bruyne

[Reddish-Blue 2,505]

Jog on with your nonsense and have a word with yourself.

Oscar will never be remotely close to KDB and he wouldn't tear up the Bundesliga like De Bruyne.

No clue why certain people cannot admit that KDB is a top notch player.

You don't think he was a good fit for Chelsea and Jose fine no problem with that opinion but suggesting he's just decent/good player just makes you look ignorant.

No doubt he's got quality but I'll wait until KDB proves himself in the EPL before saying he's a top notch player

[Stingray 9,441]

Put Oscar in a Bundes team and he'll have better stats than De Bruyne..

Hahahahahahahahaha ! You win the delusional of the year award. Congrats! Do you even football?

No way Oscar would have better stats. He isn't that kind of player nor has the talent. It would mean he would have to make best player of the league as well.

Please, be real dude. Oscar hasn't done anything past few years to warrant such a bold claim despite our high hopes for him after that one night against Juve. Before you say Mickey Mouse league, think how we would have looked playing Bayern a week ago....

Jezus Christ

[the wes 7,212]

Can people seriously read up before posting like this all the time?

It has been relaxed mainly because of EPL making a lot of money in TV!

why chelsea not spending has much has city then??

[the wes 7,212]

No doubt he's got quality but I'll wait until KDB proves himself in the EPL before saying he's a top notch player

I agree wif this and he will probably throw the head up if he's on the bench like he did at Chelsea

[ParNolio7 285]

@Sir Mikel OBE: he can play as a right winger, done so many times for Belgium, has one of the best crosses around, about 75% of his assists are coming from crosses, but he does like to cut inside alot, unlike Navas, which may indeed cause trouble with the likes of Silva & Yaya already roaming around there. I think they mainly purchased him as successor for Yaya when he leaves next year. I remember they were already looking at him last season when Yaya's departure seemed imminent (or however the f*** you write that)

[bethos1 802]

@Sir Mikel OBE: he can play as a right winger, done so many times for Belgium, has one of the best crosses around, about 75% of his assists are coming from crosses, but he does like to cut inside alot, unlike Navas, which may indeed cause trouble with the likes of Silva & Yaya already roaming around there. I think they mainly purchased him as successor for Yaya when he leaves next year. I remember they were already looking at him last season when Yaya's departure seemed imminent (or however the f*** you write that)

He can play there but would you really want him to? He's decent at best on the right imo.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

It really is very likely De Bruyne will be a massive flop for City, and be seen as a bigger flop then Di Maria, Carroll and Torres, De Bruyne just doesnt suit the PL and doesnt suit Man City's style of play, he doesnt seem like a player that can adapt also, this transfer has flop written all over it.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

I agree he shouldn't play on the wing unless absolutely necessary.

For Belgium for example, I would always put him in the centre with Hazard and Januzaj as very offensive wingers.

[TheIceMan 596]

how the fuck are they get past the financial fairplay rule

There is no such thing! People need to forget about it now!!!

[the wes 7,212]

It really is very likely De Bruyne will be a massive flop for City, and be seen as a bigger flop then Di Maria, Carroll and Torres, De Bruyne just doesnt suit the PL and doesnt suit Man City's style of play, he doesnt seem like a player that can adapt also, this transfer has flop written all over it.

that would be funny if that was to happen

[sutro 1,026]

It really is very likely De Bruyne will be a massive flop for City, and be seen as a bigger flop then Di Maria, Carroll and Torres, De Bruyne just doesnt suit the PL and doesnt suit Man City's style of play, he doesnt seem like a player that can adapt also, this transfer has flop written all over it.

That or he wins poty, thats also very likely, its 50/50 sigh

[Fernando 6,585]

why chelsea not spending has much has city then??

Well that's Chelsea fault not City or FFP.

[The Skipper 20,609]

I agree he shouldn't play on the wing unless absolutely necessary.

For Belgium for example, I would always put him in the centre with Hazard and Januzaj as very offensive wingers.

I would play Kevin Mirallas ahead of Januzaj simply because you can't have 3 AMs who love the ball at their feet.

[Reddish-Blue 2,505]

Hahahahahahahahaha ! You win the delusional of the year award. Congrats! Do you even football?

No way Oscar would have better stats. He isn't that kind of player nor has the talent. It would mean he would have to make best player of the league as well.

Please, be real dude. Oscar hasn't done anything past few years to warrant such a bold claim despite our high hopes for him after that one night against Juve. Before you say Mickey Mouse league, think how we would have looked playing Bayern a week ago....

Jezus Christ

It's a Mickey Mouse league whichever way you look at it as Bayern can buy whoever they want and no other German club can do anything about it.

Every few years you'll see Dortmund, Wolfsburg, Schalke, Bremen put together a strong team and really give Bayern a run for their money...but other than that, it's a one-sided league

[Fernando 6,585]

I actually think he will be good for them.

But like I said if you look at the past City have not been something amazing.

Might play a couple of great games but tend to fall apart later.

So because of that I was never really scared of them.

Noticed the last two times they won the league tittle. It was the worst of the bunch!

They have never been an amazing team that blown everyone away and run away with it like we did last season.

That's why I always felt they was never a real tittle challenge for us if we are in a good standing. Now it might level the playing field and give us a proper go till the end.

We have a good team and a good manager, we are not the Chelsea of two seasons ago and will go for it again.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

City are now going to lose the good balance they had in their team, it was working well, using Navas, out wide to stretch teams which opens up space for making everything go through Silva centrally, De Bruyne will want to come inside which means less space for Silva.

City were also starting to counter attack more this season and it was working well for them, now they lose the pace of Navas and therefore be less of a threat on the counter, so they go back to how they were last season, and have only really improved their left side with the Kolarov and Sterling partnership, this De Bruyne signing is a strange one imo, and I think the saying 'if it aint broke don't fix it' will come back to haunt them

[Fernando 6,585]

City are now going to lose the good balance they had in their team, it was working well, using Navas, out wide to stretch teams which opens up space for making everything go through Silva centrally, De Bruyne will want to come inside which means less space for Silva.

City were also starting to counter attack more this season and it was working well for them, now they lose the pace of Navas and therefore be less of a threat on the counter, so they go back to how they were last season, and have only really improved their left side with the Kolarov and Sterling partnership, this De Bruyne signing is a strange one imo, and I think the saying 'if it aint broke don't fix it' will come back to haunt them

City before used Silva and Nasri a lot. That wasn't bad either, so it's more then likely that KDB replaces Nasri and that would be a nice upgrade.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

City before used Silva and Nasri a lot. That wasn't bad either, so it's more then likely that KDB replaces Nasri and that would be a nice upgrade.

I'd love Nasri at Chelsea. It won't happen, but if he was to get a bit fed up of being second-choice to Pellegrini's "projects" in KdB and Sterling, who he has to play based on their transfer fees, I'd have him in a flash.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

It's hard to perform when only playing 90m of competitive football every 6 weeks. That's why a lot of Chelsea's fringe players move out so fast. Mourinho rarely rotates his squad.

Great on the one side, because the starting players gain a lot of chemistry. The downside is that fringe players have it very hard. They only get a few minutes to waste some injury time and are then asked to step it up and show it during a league cup game. Some players are great impact players and can deliver straight away, others need a couple of games to get to their best form. Mourinho's handling of his fringe players is a just criticism seeing how many have failed to step up in the 2 years since he got back.

De Bruyne was behind in the pecking order to Oscar, Schürrle and Ramires who was often used as a RW. Schürrle who has been struggling to get game time at Wolfsburg where De Bruyne has delivered.

Your point based on both players' performances at Wolfsburg is fair, but the fact is Schurrle looked like he could deliver a telling goal or assist whenever he played, whether as a starter or as a substitute. KdB, not quite so much. Mourinho was justified in selling him at the time.

[ParNolio7 285]

The announcement is taking forever..