Kevin De Bruyne has praised Manchester City teammate Jeremy Doku, saying he has suddenly gotten ‘a lot better’ very recently.
The midfielder has been speaking to Het Nieuwsblad about his return to the national team following another busy season with Manchester City.
He’s faced frustration this year as he spent large periods of the season out of action, with a hamstring injury ruling him out for 127 days between August and December.
De Bruyne was not the only Manchester City to face frustration on that front this season either, with injuries also hampering Doku throughout the campaign.
He ultimately only played in 49% of the available minutes for Manchester City in the Premier League, with a muscle injury seeing him spend 32 days out and miss nine games between December 4th and January 5th.
One player who certainly noticed his performances was De Bruyne, who is at pains to explain where a sudden improvement came from.
“Jeremy has gotten a lot better. It is hard to explain,” he said.
“Once such young players come to us, they get big eyes when they see our way of playing football. Or the way many opponents play against us.
“Constant double coverage, often with ten men behind the ball. Doku will not have experienced that often at Rennes. Jeremy handled it well.
“He started very strong with goals and assists. He then fell back a bit due to an injury, but in the end, he had good moments in a difficult match. Including against Chelsea, Man United, Real Madrid.”
