Over latest years, as Manchester Metropolis have dominated the Premier League, Kevin De Bruyne has gone from power to power. He has rapidly risen to the highest, turning into not solely top-of-the-line gamers within the high flight of English soccer however all of Europe.
His journey has been a curious one, after he didn’t make it at Chelsea, earlier than actually making a reputation for himself in Germany at Wolfsburg. Since he joined the Cityzens in 2015 for a then-club report of £55m, he has change into an all-time nice of the eight-time Premier League winners.
Kevin de Bruyne’s Manchester Metropolis report
When wanting on the Belgium worldwide’s report on the Etihad Stadium up to now, he’s a minimize above the remaining in relation to pure targets and help numbers. The previous Chelsea man has performed 386 video games for the Cityzens, scoring 103 targets and registering a whopping 171 assists.
When evaluating these numbers to his friends, his high quality shines via. In keeping with Transfermarkt, no participant within the historical past of Man Metropolis has extra assists than him, with David Silva in second, 41 behind the Belgian’s 171.
Man Metropolis gamers with 50+ assists for the membership | ||
|---|---|---|
Participant | Video games | Assists |
Kevin De Bruyne | 368 | 171 |
David Silva | 436 | 130 |
Raheem Sterling | 339 | 73 |
Bernardo Silva | 359 | 68 |
Sergio Aguero | 390 | 65 |
Riyad Mahrez | 236 | 56 |
Phil Foden | 271 | 53 |
Stats from Transfermarkt | ||
Not solely that, however the attacking midfielder is sixth on their all-time high goalscorers listing. His century of targets makes him certainly one of solely six to attain such a feat, an inventory that features former teammates Sergio Aguero, who sits high of the pile, and Raheem Sterling.
33-year-old midfielder De Bruyne is perhaps on the decline in comparison with earlier seasons, however that doesn’t imply that he was underperforming final marketing campaign. The Man Metropolis quantity 17 performed 26 occasions in all competitions in 2023/24, with accidents hampering his season. Nonetheless, he nonetheless notched up six targets and 18 assists, with 14 of these 24 objective involvement coming in simply 18 Premier League appearances.
Not solely does the midfielder have stats to point out simply how good he has been on the Etihad Stadium, however trophies, too. Amongst others, he has gained six Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the Champions League as soon as, a part of that well-known treble in 2022/23.
De Bruyne is arguably Metropolis’s greatest-ever participant, however the time might come quickly after they want a alternative for him. Frustratingly, that man might have been of their academy earlier than they offered him a number of years in the past.
The place is Felix Nmecha now?
The participant in query right here is Borussia Dortmund and Germany midfielder Felix Nmecha. The 23-year-old got here via Metropolis’s esteemed academy however departed the membership in 2021 after struggling to interrupt into the facet.
Curiously, he additionally moved to Wolfsburg, simply as De Bruyne did after leaving Chelsea, after being launched on a free switch by the Premier League giants.
Now, the German worldwide, who has one cap for his nation, plies his commerce for Borussia Dortmund and impressed there final season. He has performed 32 occasions for the German giants, scoring and helping two targets apiece.
He was in comparison with Metropolis’s legendary quantity 17 by soccer expertise scout Jacek Kulig, who additionally famous his strengths embody imaginative and prescient and creativity, very similar to the Belgian stalwart has proven through the years for the Cityzens.
The 23-year-old made three appearances for Pep Guardiola’s facet earlier than he departed for Germany in 2021. Though he performed simply 73 minutes of first-team soccer for the Premier League champions, he did handle to register an help, within the Champions League in opposition to Olympiakos, with a easy go to Joao Cancelo.
Soccer scout Antonio Mango described the 23-year-old as a “terrific expertise”, and maybe Metropolis would possibly nicely remorse letting the teen depart fairly than give him first-team possibilities or merely mortgage him out.
With De Bruyne linked with a transfer away over the 2024 summer time switch window, there may be each likelihood he might depart subsequent summer time as an alternative. While they’ll now must go and signal a alternative for the legendary midfielder, they could have had the best reply at house, within the type of Nmecha.
On the age of 23, he nonetheless has loads of time to develop and shine, as de Bruyne did after initially struggling at Chelsea in his youthful days, and Metropolis might hope that he doesn’t proceed to develop right into a participant they’ll remorse having launched.
