He was already a target, but not the primary one. However, after an unsuccessful first attempt to bring him, the Saudis set their sights on Kevin De Bruyne (32) and set his arrival as an absolute priority in the upcoming summer transfer window.Numerous media outlets, including the reliable Athletic, write that a rich offer from the Middle East will arrive at the Belgian midfielder’s address after the EURO2024 is over. A new one, because he already got one last summer. Then from Saudi Arabia, just like before Bernardo Silva, they put close to 70,000,000 euros a year on the table in front of De Bruyne, but his answer was negative.FA Cup miracle on Tuesday? There’s no better place for it than Kenilworth RoadCity’s midfielder is not interested in money. That is, it is not primary to him at this moment. His idea is to extend his contract with Manchester City and finish his playing career at the Etihad, where he has the status of a legend and in front of which he will surely at some point, when he hangs his boots on the peg, receive a statue similar to those placed in honor of David Silva, Sergio Aguero and Vincent Kompany.”That’s a question for him. I would like him to stay, but I don’t know if it will be like that. I heard some rumors, but I don’t know if there is an offer, I don’t know if the Saudis really want him. I would like him to stay until the end of his career,” Pep Guardiola commented yesterday.##NAJAVA_MECA_7910206##The Belgian’s current contract expires in a little less than a year and a half, in the summer of 2025, and he intended to extend it for another season and then, according to the Athletic, very likely, in the middle of the fourth decade of his life in the blue part of Manchester. However, wishes are one thing, reality is another, because recently, like Real Madrid, City have been carefully approaching negotiations on contract extensions with players in their mid-thirties.The most recent example is Ilkay Gundogan, who, after being presented as a new Barcelona player last summer, spoke about the reason why the cooperation with the current European champions was not renewed.”In the end, it’s not about one or two years. The length of the contract was not a problem. City waited for a relatively long time until the negotiations really intensified. If it had happened earlier, the situation would have been different,” admitted the German international, who left the club at the age of 32.##EDITORS_CHOICE##That’s how old De Bruyne is at the moment, and at the end of the contract he will be 34. His contract does not expire at the end of the season, so there is no reason to rush, but the British media write that the City leaders have not yet initiated negotiations on its extension. When healthy, the English club does not have a player with a greater impact on the game of Pep Guardiola’s team, however, the fact is that he recently recovered from a serious hamstring injury, and after returning to the field he missed another game due to a muscle problem, and the fact how his body will react after the aforementioned injury will significantly impact the negotiations.🚨📰| Kevin de Bruyne would prefer a move to MLS over the Saudi Pro League. (via @TheAthleticFC) pic.twitter.com/GPX7azNmVs— Pubity Sport (@pubitysport) February 27, 2024 De Bruyne has reportedly already considered in the past the possibility of continuing his career in the MLS if he believes that he has something to offer on the field even after parting ways with City, whenever that may be, since neither he nor his family are overly enthusiastic about moving to Saudi Arabia, even though the money he would get there is not nearly the same.The Saudis will try to lure him with this, because they hardly have any other arguments. Although he has already told them ‘no’, the sporting director of the Pro League there Michael Emenalo, the man who helped Chelsea bring him from Genk 12 years ago, will try to use an old acquaintance and try to change his mind.
