{"id":5246,"date":"2025-04-09T07:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/5246\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T07:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:18:12","slug":"special-27-goal-bundesliga-star-with-great-vision-could-replace-kevin-de-bruyne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/5246\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Special\u2019 27-goal Bundesliga star with \u2018great vision\u2019 could replace Kevin De Bruyne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man City are considering a move for Bayer Leverkusen star and German international Florian Wirtz, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>City<\/strong><\/a> will be in the market to replace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/kevin-de-bruyne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kevin De Bruyne<\/strong><\/a> in the summer, as one of the most creative players to grace the Premier League moves on to the next stage of his career.<\/p>\n<p>A star-studded Inter Miami side boasting the likes of Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets hold his exclusive discovery rights, meaning no one in the MLS can currently open contract negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of where he lands, the eight-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Premier League<\/strong><\/a> champions are in the market for a new creative wizard who can slice defences open.<\/p>\n<p>Two names that have emerged via a report in The Athletic are Nottingham Forest\u2019s Morgan Gibbs-White and Bayer Leverkusen\u2019s Wirtz.<\/p>\n<p>Although both are equally brilliant in their own right, it has to be said there\u2019s a distinct difference in their skillsets with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/florian-wirtz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wirtz<\/strong><\/a>, four years Gibbs-White\u2019s junior, one of the best emerging talents in world football.<\/p>\n<p>Wirtz has played a role in 12 goals and 15 assists in all competitions this season. He\u2019s currently on course to top the league tally of 11 goals and 11 assists he produced as he led Leverkusen to the Bundesliga crown last season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE MAN CITY TRANSFER NEWS ON F365\u2026<br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-city-historic-offer-launched-lamine-yamal-shatter-world-transfer-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man City launch \u2018historic offer\u2019 for Lamine Yamal to shatter world transfer record<\/a><br \/><\/strong><strong>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-city-news-14-ga-englishman-lined-up-replace-de-bruyne-viana-prepares-first-moves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man City line up 14 G\/A Englishman to replace De Bruyne as Viana readies first moves<\/a><br \/><\/strong><strong>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-city-haaland-forces-exit-bayern-munich-psg-surprise-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man City: Haaland \u2018already considers forcing exit\u2019 as two sides \u2018make moves\u2019 in \u2018surprise\u2019 transfer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leverkusen boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/xabi-alonso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Xabi Alonso<\/strong><\/a>, a skilled technician in his day, has been constant in his praise of Wirtz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a special player. He has a great vision of the game, he is very good with the ball, and he is also very good at pressing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alonso was quick to spot his level of ability, offering him perhaps the biggest compliment you can pay a footballer just three months after taking over at Leverkusen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are good players, and there are players who look good on the pitch. The player who looks good does things that are nice but not necessarily efficient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is Messi so good? Because he knows how and when to play simple passes. Messi says: \u2018You\u2019re in a better position? Here, there you have the ball!\u2019 It\u2019s not always about making the most brilliant move, but the best and smartest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlorian can do that. That\u2019s why he\u2019s so good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man City are considering a move for Bayer Leverkusen star and German international Florian Wirtz, according to reports.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2912,225,1858,886,12,101,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-5246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-florian-wirtz","9":"tag-home-page","10":"tag-kevin-de-bruyne","11":"tag-manchester-city","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-premier-league","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114306790441464916","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}