Since arriving at the Etihad in a €76,000,000 transfer ten years ago, Kevin de Bruyne has won 18 trophies. He was twice named the best player in the Premier League, also of the Manchester club. He is getting older; his contract with the Cityzens expires in the summer of 2025, and he is slowly thinking about other options, specifically about Saudi Arabia.It is not easy to be at the top level all the time and to find motivation again and again. Over time, you get saturated, especially when in ten years you are national champions six times, you get hold of the Champions League and collect numerous individual awards. New horizons began to open up for the Belgian, his family was a bit fed up with life in gloomy England, and he himself admits that he is not squeamish about Arab money. The Middle East could be the next destination.##NAJAVA_MECA_8142620##In a month, he enters the last year of his contract and talks a lot with his family about where he could continue his career and what decision would be best for everyone.”For Michelle, an exotic adventure is fine. These are also the conversations we have as a family,” Kevin de Bruyne admitted in an interview with Belgian HLN that he is thinking about going to Saudi Arabia:”I still have one year left on my contract, so I have to think about what could happen. My eldest son is now eight years old and knows nothing but England. He asks me how long I will play for City… When the moment comes, we will have to deal with it in a certain way”.Kevin De Bruyne has confirmed he would be open to a move to Saudi Arabia, speaking with Belgian media.KDB: “If I play there for two years, I’ll earn an incredible amount. I had to play for 15 years, I may not even reach that amount…”Full quotes: https://t.co/5P3JOOlcty pic.twitter.com/V7zq0uyWIQ— City Xtra (@City_Xtra) June 4, 2024 There will certainly be an offer from the Middle East. As well as those from the MLS. And Kevin de Bruyne will consider them all. Do not run away from a possible departure from Europe. The only question is whether he will wait for the expiration of his contract with Manchester City or if the move could happen already this summer.”At my age, you have to be open to everything. We’re talking incredible amounts of money in a place that could potentially be the end of my career. Sometimes you have to think about it”.It is crystal clear to the Belgian virtuoso to what extent he can pay for his talent and everything he has done, if he decides to go to Saudi Arabia. Abnormal sums of money are being mentioned. However, life in the Persian Gulf is not for everyone. Jordan Henderson quickly picked up his bags and headed back to Europe, soon Gabri Veiga and Aymeric Laporte could too…Mbappe is the biggest transfer bomb of the season? Not according to wages…However, he believes that it is worth sacrificing a year or two of life in an environment where the rules of life are somewhat peculiar, where the culture is completely different from what he is uesd to in Europe.”If I play there for two years, I will be able to earn an incredible amount of money. Before that I had to play football for 15 years and maybe in all that time I won’t reach that amount”, underlined Kevin de Bruyne.A new MLS force in the making: Ramos and De Bruyne in a club founded a year ago
