Three players can reasonably lay claim to winning the award. Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, and Tottenham’s Harry Kane. Each player presents a compelling argument. Kane has been a model of consistency for Tottenham over the past four seasons. Salah has transformed from a bust at Chelsea to Lionel Messi comparisons. And De […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has urged his team-mates to quickly regain their focus for Saturday's Premier League fixture with Middlesbrough after the euphoria of their victory over Barcelona. City beat Barcelona 3-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday in what was their first win over the Spanish side […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Kevin De Bruyne is out of Manchester City's Champions League trip to face Celtic in Glasgow, his manager Pep Guardiola confirmed on the eve of the game. "Kevin is not a big injury — in two and a half or three weeks, maybe he will be ready," Guardiola said at Celtic Park […]

Given how relentless and complex the coverage of soccer has become, sometimes a player can stand out by carrying out basic duties with unbending conviction. Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne, the shining star of the Premier League season so far, is a footballer who does the simple things supremely. With the Pep Guardiola era in […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Kevin De Bruyne is second only to Lionel Messi, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said on Saturday after the Belgian inspired his team to a 4-0 win over Bournemouth. Bruyne put the Premier League leaders ahead with a clever 15th-minute free-kick beneath the defensive wall and also played a part […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – The pre-match build-up was dominated by talk of Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Claudio Bravo, but Kevin De Bruyne stole the show in Saturday's Manchester derby. The Belgian midfielder scored a coolly taken opening goal and had a big hand in Kelechi Iheanacho's second as City won 2-1 […]

Paris (AFP) – Kevin De Bruyne's rise to become one of the world's best attacking midfielders mirrors that of a Belgium team which surged to the top of the global rankings in 2015. De Bruyne struck a team-leading five goals -– along with Eden Hazard -– to fire Belgium to the country's first European Championship […]

Manchester City reached the Champions League semi-finals for the first time after Kevin De Bruyne's fine 76th-minute goal earned them a 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. A week on from their 2-2 draw in the French capital, City saw Sergio Aguero squander a first-half penalty after he had been felled by PSG goalkeeper […]

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini expressed optimism that Kevin De Bruyne's season is not over after the Belgian injured his knee in Wednesday's League Cup semifinal triumph over Everton. De Bruyne came on in the 66th minute and leveled the tie four minutes later before crossing for Sergio Aguero to head home the goal that […]

Manchester City have made an "astonishing" salary offer to Kevin de Bruyne, Wolfsburg's director of sport Klaus Allofs has revealed. Allofs, speaking in Monaco after the UEFA Champions League draw, said negotiations with City over a move had come closer to an agreement – there have been reports that the Bundesliga club want £54million as […]

Kevin de Bruyne's transfer to Manchester City has not gone through yet, although Wolfsburg's director of sport Klaus Allofs has confirmed talks between the two clubs are under way. Reports in England and Germany claimed on Wednesday night that widespread agreement had been reached between all parties, with estimates ranging from between £54 and £58 […]

Belgian international Kevin de Bruyne is expected to travel to England on Thursday to complete a £54 million move to from Wolfsburg to Manchester City, according to reports. The news comes after a summer of speculation linking the former Chelsea prospect with a return to the Premier League, with Wednesday's developments described as a breakthrough in […]

Wolfsburg are expecting a big-money offer for playmaker Kevin De Bruyne, the club's director of sport Klaus Allofs has said. The Belgian player, widely linked with a move to Manchester City, appeared to have committed his future to his German club on Monday. When he picked up the Sport Bild magazine's footballer of the year […]

Wolfsburg coach Dieter Hecking has dropped a hint that Kevin De Bruyne could be set to leave the Bundesliga side, admitting that the next few days will be "difficult". Before the weekend Hecking said he was growing tired of all the speculation linking the Belgium international with a move to Manchester City, adding his conviction […]

A number of Europe's top club are positioning themselves to secure the services of VfL Wolfsburg winger Kevin De Bruyne, according to the player's agent. The Belgian international's representative, Patrick De Koster, told talkSPORT that Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain have all made "informal contact" with him in order to register their interest […]