{"id":83354,"date":"2025-05-08T01:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T01:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/83354\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T01:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T01:42:13","slug":"kevin-de-bruyne-transfer-stance-emerges-amid-liverpool-offer-ahead-of-man-city-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/83354\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin De Bruyne transfer stance emerges amid Liverpool &#8216;offer&#8217; ahead of Man City exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Latest Liverpool transfer news as the Reds chase a move for Manchester City&#8217;s Kevin De Bruyne<\/p>\n<p>23:17, 07 May 2025Updated 23:21, 07 May 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Kevin-De-Bruyne-4.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has been offered a 'contract' by Liverpool\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has been offered a &#8216;contract&#8217; by Liverpool(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> have made an &#8216;offer&#8217; to sign <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-city-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester City<\/a> captain <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/kevin-de-bruyne\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin De Bruyne<\/a> this summer, it has been claimed. The 33-year-old is set to leave Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side and become a free agent when his contract expires in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Speaking in a statement on social media at the start of April, De Bruyne said: &#8220;Dear Manchester. Seeing this, you probably realise where this is heading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;So I&#8217;ll get straight to it and let you all know that these will be my final months as a Manchester City player. Nothing about this is easy to write, but as football players, we all know this day eventually comes. That day is here &#8211; and you deserve to hear it from me first.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">De Bruyne later admitted that he hasn&#8217;t been offered a new deal at City and the decision has been made to let him depart after a decade at the club. Since, speculation has increased around De Bruyne&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/liverpool-poised-make-fascinating-transfer-31591263\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool poised to make fascinating transfer move as Arne Slot tackles unique problem<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/arsene-wenger-claims-liverpool-lost-31589208\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsene Wenger claims Liverpool lost &#8216;new transfer game&#8217; as Arne Slot recruitment plans unchanged<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Aston Villa expressed an interest in signing the six-time Premier League winner last month, while Inter Miami, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are among the others that have been linked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Now, it has emerged that Liverpool are in the frame to sign De Bruyne after <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/gianlucadimarzio.com\/de-bruyne-napoli-calciomercato\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky Sport Italy<\/a> reported that the Reds have offered him a contract. Arne Slot&#8217;s side are keen to strengthen their midfield and have identified De Bruyne as a transfer target for the summer window.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Napoli have also made an attempt to lure him to the Stadio Armando Maradona, with Antonio Conte trying to convince him to join the Serie A team. They are hoping his &#8216;great relationship&#8217; with Belgium teammate Romelu Lukaku can help persuade him to move to Italy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It&#8217;s added that De Bruyne, who has received interest from the MLS and Saudi Pro League, is keen to stay in Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">During his time at the Etihad Stadium, De Bruyne has won it all. The Belgian, who signed from Wolfsburg in a club-record \u00a355million move in August 2015, has spent the last decade in Manchester, winning the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/barclays-premier-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> six times, the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/uefa-champions-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a> once and the Club World Cup among other major trophies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">De Bruyne has scored 108 times and grabbed 177 assists in 418 appearances for City, and can add to that total before the end of the season. Guardiola&#8217;s men have four matches to go, with three in the Premier League and one in the form of the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/fa-cup\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">FA Cup<\/a> final against Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He netted the winner in City&#8217;s most recent game, a 1-0 win against Wolves last Friday, and is expected to start for their top-flight trip to Southampton on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In an interview after City&#8217;s success over Wolves, De Bruyne appeared to fire a parting shot at City, and claimed he can still perform in the Premier League. He told Sky Sports: &#8220;I showed I can still play here [in the Premier League] otherwise I don&#8217;t do what I have done in these last four or five weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Obviously I know I&#8217;ve got one game left here [at the Etihad] but I just try to do my job like I&#8217;ve always done and I did that today, so I am proud of what I am doing. I give everything and I want to win the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latest Liverpool transfer news as the Reds chase a move for Manchester City&#8217;s Kevin De Bruyne 23:17, 07&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,1858,179,763,1036,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-83354","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-kevin-de-bruyne","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-liverpool-fc","14":"tag-manchester-city-fc","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114469676261512399","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83354","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=83354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}