Belgian midfielder, Kevin De Bruyne has signed a two-year extension to his contract at Manchester Metropolis, protecting him on the Etihad Stadium till June 2025.
De Bruyne has proved integral to Man Metropolis’s success since arriving on the Etihad in August 2015, serving to the membership to seven trophies and was topped as PFA Participant of the 12 months in 2020.
Talking on his choice to stay with Metropolis, De Bruyne stated; “Since becoming a member of Metropolis in 2015, I’ve felt at dwelling. I really like the followers, my household are settled right here in Manchester and my very own sport has developed very well.
The Belgian additionally spoke of the membership’s need to realize success and talent to assist him enhance his sport, including; “This soccer membership is geared for achievement. It affords me every thing I have to maximise my efficiency, so signing this contract was a straight ahead choice.”
De Bruyne additionally spoke of how his imaginative and prescient matches that of Pep Guardiola with an important bond between each males, saying: “Pep and I see soccer in the identical method. Having that relationship with a supervisor is so essential to me as a result of our aims are completely aligned and we would like the identical issues.”
Metropolis in the meantime are at present within the hunt for a historic quadruple with honours in all three home competitions and Champions League nonetheless up for grabs.
De Bruyne due to this fact is eager to see Metropolis proceed their fierce type with only one defeat in 35 video games throughout all competitions since late November, with the midfielder trying to endure “a profitable finish” to this season.
The 29 year-old additionally spoke of his want to see the staff’s performances rewarded with loads of silverware, commenting; “Our outcomes and performances up to now have been wonderful, however we want to verify we finish the season with the silverware we deserve.”
Metropolis’s Director of Soccer – Txiki Begiristain hailed De Bruyne’s choice to remain as “a really important second” for the membership’s future ambitions.
Begiristain additionally spoke of De Bruyne’s “remarkably constant” type all through his time at Metropolis up to now to develop into one of many sport’s “elite” international stars in English Soccer
De Bruyne’s need to attempt for additional success was additionally famous by Begiristain, commenting; “He continually seeks to enhance, and his method is the proper blueprint for any younger participant trying to carve out a profession.”