Kevin de Bruyne

[kellzfresh 7,229]

To be fair to him, mourinho didn't play him enough. But, I thought KDB had the highest work rate in Germany last season, I expected at least to see a him being a hard worker during the matches he played to support that stat but even willian is more hard working than him which is a shocker.

How KDB managed to cover the most distance in germany is a flat out mystery to me. Totally different player from what I thought in terms of workrate.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

No,,not bundesliga again kev!!! you must be patient,,all you need is playing time. how about loan to midtable PL club?? everton...

Why shouldn't a player go to the Bundesliga these days? Good pay, practically every stadium is sold out and all clubs are financially stable...

The PL has more title contenders, that's true, but they're gaining fast...

[Korea 734]

So, KDB is worth more than Reus, Schurrle, Son, Sahin, Ozil etc....

[bushman 2,043]

To be fair to him, mourinho didn't play him enough. But, I thought KDB had the highest work rate in Germany last season, I expected at least to see a him being a hard worker during the matches he played to support that stat but even willian is more hard working than him which is a shocker.

How KDB managed to cover the most distance in germany is a flat out mystery to me. Totally different player from what I thought in terms of workrate.

This young has not managed the mental pressure at Chelsea, I feel. Therefore, his game suffered. Perhaps, he may recover ?

[Stingray 9,441]

This young has not managed the mental pressure at Chelsea, I feel. Therefore, his game suffered. Perhaps, he may recover ?

He will and maybe the price is set so high so he stays. Looks more and more like it if you hear The Happy One

[bushman 2,043]

Why shouldn't a player go to the Bundesliga these days? Good pay, practically every stadium is sold out and all clubs are financially stable...

The PL has more title contenders, that's true, but they're gaining fast...

Who is gaining on Bayern ? So far, I have seen one sided affair.

[bushman 2,043]

He will and maybe the price is set so high so he stays. Looks more and more like it if you hear The Happy One

I see the philosopher has gone into some wild avatar, lately.

[Stingray 9,441]

I see the philosopher has gone into some wild avatar, lately.

Yes, I have my period.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

This young has not managed the mental pressure at Chelsea, I feel. Therefore, his game suffered. Perhaps, he may recover ?

You may be right. At times he played like he just gave up and stopped trying.

But its Still shocking how he covered the most distance in bundesliga. That stat must have been fake.

He is not a high work rate type of player, he is more of the juan mata mould from what he has shown here.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

This young has not managed the mental pressure at Chelsea, I feel. Therefore, his game suffered. Perhaps, he may recover ?

You may be right. At times he played like he just gave up and stopped trying.

But its Still shocking how he covered the most distance in bundesliga. That stat must have been fake.

He is not a high work rate type of player, he is more of the juan mata mould from what he has shown here.

[Stingray 9,441]

You may be right. At times he played like he just gave up and stopped trying.

But its Still shocking how he covered the most distance in bundesliga. That stat must have been fake.

He is not a high work rate type of player, he is more of the juan mata mould from what he has shown here.

That is really not true. KDB was always a hard worker, a runner.

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Who is gaining on Bayern ? So far, I have seen one sided affair.

I meant the average quality of the teams is going up. Dortmund would be a contender in England too. Schalke, Leverkusen and the likes would be subtop.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

That is really not true. KDB was always a hard worker, a runner.

^^^ He showed how good he really was during pre- season. I'm not assessing him based on that alone but in his time in Germany also, the lad showed great work rate. Probably one of the reasons why he played a few games in the pivot/CM at Werder Bremen.

[The Mak 4,459]

José: 'If people think they can get our good players on sales, the sales finished in London yesterday.'

Love that quote!

Great to know that the club is trying not to be undercut on the market anymore. It's about time as well. I'm tired of us being extorted when buying players and then clubs getting our players on the cheap/free. This inflated market is a two-way street!

Good to know as well because it seems like we'll have a few youngsters who can't all make it into the first team in the future, so we'll be looking to get the maximum out of our investments (e.g. Piazon, T. Hazard, Atsu, Traore etc. can't all play for us!).

[kellzfresh 7,229]

That is really not true. KDB was always a hard worker, a runner.

Honestly, it never felt that way when I saw him play.

When oscar or willian has a terrible match, I still see them running, tackling, and it looks like their giving their best.

But when KDB had bad games, he just disappeared completely. This happens to people who don't have workrate, like ibrahimovic, berbatov or coutinho.

Either he gave up already and made up his mind to leave since, or he just isn't that type of player.