{"id":83522,"date":"2025-05-08T03:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T03:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/83522\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T03:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T03:12:10","slug":"kevin-de-bruyne-receives-liverpool-offer-as-man-city-great-braces-for-next-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/83522\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin De Bruyne receives Liverpool &#8216;offer&#8217; as Man City great braces for next move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Latest Manchester City transfer news as Kevin de Bruyne is linked with Napoli and also shockingly the subject of an &#8216;offer&#8217; from rivals Liverpool<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_GettyImages-2212521571.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin De Bruyne during a Manchester City game\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Kevin De Bruyne is leaving Manchester City this summer &#8211; and Liverpool have reportedly made him an offer(Image: Molly Darlington\/Copa\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has reportedly been handed an offer for a sensational free transfer to Premier League rivals Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">With his contract to come to an end ten years on from his arrival, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/kevin-de-bruyne-drops-bombshell-31352108\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">De Bruyne confirmed<\/a> that he will not be offered renewed terms by <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-city-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Man City<\/a> last month. With 108 goals and 177 assists in 418 appearances he will depart as one of the club&#8217;s greatest-ever players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Amid a drop-off from their high standards this term, Man City have conceded the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/premier-league\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> title to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> and the 33-year-old is very much part of a cohort of players who could make way for expected arrivals kickstarting big changes under <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/pep-guardiola\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Pep Guardiola<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">However, the Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio has suggested that City&#8217;s Merseyside rivals could capitalise in the most shocking way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In his report, the Italian begins to explain how Napoli have serious interested in bringing <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/kevin-de-bruyne\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">De Bruyne<\/a> international to Italy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In Naples he would join a club that is in prime position to be crowned Serie A champions for the second time in three years and national teammate Romelu Lukaku.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">However, it is included that &#8216;the Belgian wants to stay in Europe and also has an offer from Liverpool&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Such a prospect would be frightening for City, seeing a modern-day club legend turn out for such a huge rival for silverware.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In two of the six years De Bruyne has won the Premier League at the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/etihad-stadium\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Etihad Stadium<\/a>, it is the Reds who have pushed Man City hardest. Those seasons required 98 and 93 points to become champions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Next, Guardiola and Co. will be seeking to reclaim the trophy won from them by Arne Slot&#8217;s side in 2024\/25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/im-willing-listen-man-city-31414244\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">De Bruyne himself has refused to rule out staying in the Premier League<\/a> as he quite clearly feels he possesses the quality to continue at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It is a rumour that also brings to memory <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/man-city-de-bruyne-liverpool-27239832#:~:text=Despite%20going%20on%20to%20become,he%20was%20still%20at%20Genk.\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">a clip that often goes viral on social media of an 11-year-old De Bruyne<\/a>, part of Genk&#8217;s youth setup in his homeland at the time, revealing his support of the Anfield club and his desire to play for them one day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">With destination set for when his contract expires on June 30, the midfielder is only allowed to negotiate with foreign clubs at present.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He has been linked with Saudi Arabia and the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">As are the rules over a free transfer, De Bruyne would not be able to negotiate with a fellow English club until he is no longer contracted to Man City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latest Manchester City transfer news as Kevin de Bruyne is linked with Napoli and also shockingly the subject&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,1858,179,763,1036,2398,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-83522","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-manchester-city-transfer-news","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114470030129553821","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83522","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=83522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}