Kevin de Bruyne is blunt, but not in a bad way.
The Manchester City star often says what he likes, without too much worry about how other people will take it. There’s an honesty, and to-the-point style, which can sometimes be taken as what it’s not.
Perhaps that was the case this weekend, as English newspapers picked up comments he’d made during a chat with HLN. There was certainly a hint that he may consider leaving City if the Champions League ban is upheld, yet Monday’s edition of HLN suggests everything has been taken too far.
The Belgian newspaper make clear ‘it was not a threat’, despite some seeing it that way. And it’s also stated that Manchester City are ‘not worried’, and the club prefer to concentrate on De Bruyne insisting he’s happy there.
HLN repeatedly insist De Bruyne is the best player in the league, and the underlying current appears to be that he should be paid as such.
The club are ‘aware they need to break their wage ceiling’ to please him, yet will try and keep things performance related.
