The expansion of Arab football continues and the next big chapter is set to open with the arrival of Kevin de Bruyne!The Belgian ace recently tickled the imagination of fans by saying that he would change clubs in case he received an “absurd offer”, although he dropped the ball a bit by saying that he “expects a quiet summer”, which seems to have further inflamed the leaders of Al-Ittihad to throw a mountain of money in front of him which eventually happened. As reported by the British Daily Mail and reported by Sky Sport, De Bruyne agreed on all the personal terms of his move to Al-Ittihad!Al-Nassr want to keep Ronaldo to the mutual satisfactionAlthough the financial details have not yet been released, it is pointed out that the mastermind of Manchester City will earn “unbelievable money” at the new address, which could easily border on the absurd sums paid in the Middle East today. Since KDB earns €25,000,000 annually from Manchester City, it would not be out of the question that in the case of Al-Ittihad it is twice the amount of money, or even much more than that. After all, the Belgian has been one of the best footballers in European football in recent years and are among the most deserving of City’s latest rise on the football ladder.##NAJAVA_MECA_8221840##De Bruyne recently spoke to the local media about his future and the speculations that the media moved him from MLS to Saudi Arabia. He spoke to that in a calm tone, that he still had one year left on his contract and that it was more realistic for him to leave next summer, rather than this year.”At my age, you have to be open to everything. We are talking about incredible sums of money for a contract that could be the last of my career. Sometimes you have to think about that,” said De Bruyne recently.Al-Ittihad recently hired Laurent Blanc as a new coach, while the Belgian will be welcomed at the club by players like Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante, Jota, Fabinho, Luiz Felipe… Al-Ittihad finished last season 40 points behind the champions Al-Hilal, despite huge investment in the team and this came after the year in which they won the title. For this reason, cooperations with Nuno Espirito Santo and Marcelo Gallardo were terminated, and after the whole circus and the intervention of Benzema, Al-Ittihad gave up on bringing Stefano Pioli and chose Blanc as the new coach.Kevin De Bruyne and Al-Ittihad 🟡⚫️ have reached an agreement.The Saudi club will now negotiate with Manchester City to finalize the transfer. pic.twitter.com/ao8HA533F0— Saudi Football Scout (@KSA_Scouting) July 21, 2024 Kevin De Bruyne arrived at Manchester City in the summer of 2015 for 76,000,000 euros and since then became an instrumental part of the club, to which he brought six English league titles, the Champions League, two FA Cups, five League Cup trophies and one Community Shield.With his possible departure from City, it is assumed that he will be replaced by Dani Olmo, although Florian Wirtz and Jamal Musiala are also mentioned.
