{"id":9993,"date":"2025-04-11T05:42:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T05:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/9993\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T05:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T05:42:12","slug":"ian-wright-shares-who-he-thinks-has-the-greater-premier-league-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/9993\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Wright shares who he thinks has the greater Premier League legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manchester City fans will bid farewell to Kevin De Bruyne with heavy hearts this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

De Bruyne announced last week he\u2019d be leaving City<\/a>, when his contract expires at the end of June.<\/p>\n

It is not yet clear where he will be playing his football next season.<\/p>\n

Neom SC in Saudi Arabia have held talks with De Bruyne<\/a>, but there has also been interest from the MLS, with Inter Miami the latest club to enter the race.<\/p>\n

De Bruyne\u2019s<\/a> exit will really sting City fans.<\/p>\n

Undoubtedly, De Bruyne established himself as one of the all-time great players this competition has ever seen.<\/p>\n

He is perhaps rubbing shoulders with Thierry Henry, who many feel is the greatest Premier League player of all-time, and there\u2019s no doubting his status as a Manchester City<\/a> legend.<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll certainly leave a huge legacy \u2013 and Ian Wright has now compared him to Mo Salah.<\/p>\n

Ian Wright shares who has the bigger Premier League legacy \u2013 Kevin De Bruyne or Mo Salah\"PhotoPhoto by Copa\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

De Bruyne has had a remarkable time at City since he signed from Wolfsburg back in 2016.<\/p>\n

Some questioned the money City paid, with pundits Phil Thompson and Paul Merson famously perplexed by the transfer fee for the Belgian.<\/p>\n

But he quickly set about showing that the \u00a355 million paid was a total snip.<\/p>\n

A player De Bruyne sometimes gets compared to is Mo Salah.<\/p>\n

These two players have essentially been seen as the faces of the Premier League for years, and have arguably been the two best players.<\/p>\n

With De Bruyne leaving, and Salah seeming like he\u2019ll sign a new deal at Liverpool, there was a discussion about the pair on Stick to Football in a new video.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

For Ian Wright, De Bruyne has a bigger legacy than the Egyptian. He said: \u201cAt the moment you\u2019d have to go with Kevin De Bruyne simply because of the amount he has done, and he probably makes the all-time Premier League XI. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a fantastic player and an unbelievable professional. He\u2019s always asking for more from the players around him. Mo Salah is amazing as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hearing Miami [is where De Bruyne is going].\u201d<\/p>\n

Kevin De Bruyne statistics and achievements at Man City<\/p>\n

De Bruyne has certainly had a fruitful spell during his time at the Etihad Stadium.<\/p>\n

After joining in 2016, De Bruyne has clocked up 414 appearances for the club across all competitions.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s scored 106 goals, and made 176 assists and created countless chances for teammates.<\/p>\n\nDe Bruyne for Man City in the PL<\/strong><\/td>\nSalah for Liverpool in the PL<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAppearances \u2013 278<\/td>\nAppearances \u2013 281<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals \u2013 70<\/td>\nGoals \u2013 182<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAssists \u2013 118<\/td>\nAssists \u2013 86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nTitles \u2013 6<\/td>\nTitles \u2013 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nPFA Player of the Season awards \u2013 2<\/td>\nPFA Player of the Season awards \u2013 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGolden boots \u2013 0<\/td>\nGolden boots \u2013 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nPlaymaker awards \u2013 3<\/td>\nPlaymaker awards \u2013 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

70 of those goals, and 118 assists, have come in 278 appearances for City in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

In terms of trophies won overall, De Bruyne has six Premier League titles to his name, as well as two FA Cups, five Carabao Cups and one Champions League. He\u2019s also a two-time Community Shield winner.<\/p>\n

De Bruyne is also a two-time winner of the PFA Players\u2019 Player of the Season award, and a two-time winner of the Premier League Player of the Season award.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City fans will bid farewell to Kevin De Bruyne with heavy hearts this summer. De Bruyne announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[6803,1858,6804,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-9993","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ian-wright","9":"tag-kevin-de-bruyne","10":"tag-mo-salah","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114317737780086227","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9993","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=9993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}