Kevin de Bruyne

[MCM4PR3Z 410]

I would love for Chelsea to play Wolfsburg. KDB will get lost in Matic's pocket.

And I would not love to see him win the title next season in Man City. They keep pushing for him.

[iseah100 5,612]

And I would not love to see him win the title next season in Man City. They keep pushing for him.

KDB won't make them a title winning side. They need more than a #10.

[MCM4PR3Z 410]

KDB won't make them a title winning side. They need more than a #10.

Who knows they can buy 4 world class players including De Bruyne this summer. They can become a threat in that case.

[iseah100 5,612]

Who knows they can buy 4 world class players including De Bruyne this summer. They can become a treat in that case.

That's a big "if". What 4 world class players could they get without spending over £200m?

[1chelsea 864]

And I would not love to see him win the title next season in Man City. They keep pushing for him.

You look like Man city fan trying to throw smoke

[MCM4PR3Z 410]

You look like Man city fan trying to throw smoke

Yeah, you got me. I'm the biggest Man City fan on the planet

[Viper22 2,418]

Lol bless him. Good player but obviously rates himself better than he is. Stop taking shots and focus on maintaining this years performance to prove you're a top player mate.

[Polo7 3,496]

Who knows they can buy 4 world class players including De Bruyne this summer. They can become a threat in that case.

World class including KDB. Lol.

[mediator 2,026]

Just won the player of the year award in Germany

http://www.allsportsnews.co.uk/news/bundesliga/28749/kevin-de-bruyne-pips-arjen-robben-to-bundesliga-award

[zolayes 14,489]

World class including KDB. Lol.

seems the Germans rate him higher than you do .. or will you say he is playing in a poor league?

[Rhino's Skin 972]

Just won the player of the year award in Germany

http://www.allsportsnews.co.uk/news/bundesliga/28749/kevin-de-bruyne-pips-arjen-robben-to-bundesliga-award

well done to him.

Big fish in a small pond where the team is being built around him.

Not so sure if he or perhaps his ego could cope with not being the big fish at a major club who have a lot of 'major' players.

Rumours are that he is staying at Wolfsburg anyway so he should continue to prosper there

[Viper22 2,418]

seems the Germans rate him higher than you do .. or will you say he is playing in a poor league?

It's more that he's been top quality but for only 1 year. Is Harry Kane world class? No. Neither is KDB.

If he can maintain last season's form for another 18-24 months then yes he can then be classed as world class, otherwise, he might just be a flash in the pan.

Anyone remember Michu?

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

It is understood De Bruyne told Mourinho he was not mentally capable of having to compete on a daily basis for a place in Chelsea’s matchday squad and needed to play in every game to show his best form.

Rather than give him assurances over his playing time, Mourinho informed De Bruyne that he would have to fight for place like the rest of the Chelsea players and that is when the player asked to leave.

Mourinho has generally worked by the policy that it is better to sell a player who requests to go and Wolfsburg splashed out more than double the £6.7m Chelsea paid for De Bruyne to sign him from Genk in 2012, despite the fact he only made two Premier League starts for the Londoners.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/11659249/Chelsea-news-Manchester-City-target-Kevin-De-Bruyne-denies-he-had-attitude-during-time-at-Stamford-Bridge.html

[MCM4PR3Z 410]

It is understood De Bruyne told Mourinho he was not mentally capable of having to compete on a daily basis for a place in Chelsea’s matchday squad and needed to play in every game to show his best form.

Rather than give him assurances over his playing time, Mourinho informed De Bruyne that he would have to fight for place like the rest of the Chelsea players and that is when the player asked to leave.

Mourinho has generally worked by the policy that it is better to sell a player who requests to go and Wolfsburg splashed out more than double the £6.7m Chelsea paid for De Bruyne to sign him from Genk in 2012, despite the fact he only made two Premier League starts for the Londoners.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/11659249/Chelsea-news-Manchester-City-target-Kevin-De-Bruyne-denies-he-had-attitude-during-time-at-Stamford-Bridge.html

He got 10 BL goals and 10 BL assists the season he played in Bremen. They almost relegated but he saved them. And he played great at Chelsea until he got seated in the stadium for no reason at all by Mou. That's why they were more than happy to pay the double for him.

Bundesliga POY, well done . And Chelseafans will always say he sucks, even if he wins the Ballon D'Or. But I don't think he cares as the Bundesliga POY

[Greyco 143]

It's more that he's been top quality but for only 1 year. Is Harry Kane world class? No. Neither is KDB.

If he can maintain last season's form for another 18-24 months then yes he can then be classed as world class, otherwise, he might just be a flash in the pan.

Anyone remember Michu?

Don't know where people keep getting that argument from...

He was excellent during his season on loan at Bremen. Just read the recent quotes from Klopp and Zorc. CL-finalists that year who did everything they could to get him to come to Dortmund after his first season in the Bundesliga. Chelsea and Mourinho vetoed the move, told him he had a big part to play in the upcoming season and then benched him for 4 months. This with the first World Cup in 12 years coming up for a young Belgian side where he had been the main man, by far, in qualifying the year before. The final drop was in december when Chelsea had that month with 8 games and Mourinho stated that he needed KdB for the upcoming exhausting month and he'd get plenty of minutes. He got about 8 and handed in a transfer request and moved to Wolfsburg.

After a month he turned it back on in the Bundesliga and got the most assists since new year in the league with 6.

Looking back, it's strange to see Mourinho escaping with any criticism that season. He did well to temper expectations with the small horse stories but Chelsea had every chance of winning the title that season and were right in the mix until the end of the season. But Oscar went of the boil and Hazard had that injury. If he had kept either KdB or Mata more involved during the season, they could've made a difference. Instead Chelsea had to bed in a new Salah who didn't deliver.

A lot of similarities with this season. Except the amount of points Chelsea were infront at new year. A Cuadrado that struggled and a team that was driven into the ground during the first half of the season and struggled in the 2nd half.

All that said tho. I don't think KdB is a Mourinho player. He's way to aggressive in his passing. Which is fine in a team that excels in transitioning but hard for a team that plays against a handball defence most of the time and have to watch out for counters.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Congratulation for the award

[mikeholiday 209]

he got seated in the stadium for no reason at all by Mou.

We dont know for sure what happened. I cant imagine mourinho benching a good player just for powertripping.

[zolayes 14,489]

It's more that he's been top quality but for only 1 year. Is Harry Kane world class? No. Neither is KDB.

If he can maintain last season's form for another 18-24 months then yes he can then be classed as world class, otherwise, he might just be a flash in the pan.

Anyone remember Michu?

I remember Michu but dont remember him being the POY in ANY league