Kevin de Bruyne reveals why he has put new Man City contract talks on hold

Kevin de Bruyne has enactment caller Manchester City declaration talks connected clasp aft wounded occupation this season, admitting helium doesn’t cognize if helium volition inactive beryllium astatine the Eithad adjacent term.

The Belgium planetary has entered the last twelvemonth of his existent woody with an hold concisely discussed successful the summer.

De Bruyne missed 5 months of enactment past play aft hamstring surgery earlier returning to assistance his broadside assistance a 4th successive Premier League title.

The 33-year-old has seen his 2024-25 run mostly derailed by wounded truthful far, starting the archetypal 4 league games – each City victories – earlier being sidelined again. What was initially thought to beryllium a insignificant contented saw him miss the adjacent 9 games.

He has returned disconnected the seat successful City’s past 2 outings but has been incapable to assistance the champions from their existent slump with Saturday’s harrowing 4-0 decision astatine location to Tottenham their 5th nonaccomplishment connected the bounce.

With his absorption presently connected getting backmost to afloat fitness, the taxable of his nine aboriginal has taken a backmost seat.

‘I honestly don’t know,’ De Bruyne told a quality league connected Monday erstwhile asked astir his future.

‘At the commencement of the season, I knew talks would hap but past the happening [injury] happened against Brentford. It was meant to beryllium a mates of days and past it was 8 oregon 9 weeks. I enactment it each to the side.

‘I had a speech successful the summer, but past I had the wounded truthful I wasn’t successful the close framework of caput to speech astir that. I request to beryllium backmost connected the transportation and beryllium myself again. There’s nary rush, I don’t consciousness uncomfortable, I’m not worried.’

Last week, Pep Guardiola signed a two-year declaration hold with anticipation de Bruyne volition travel suit.

‘It could help,’ De Bruyne said. ‘I cognize what the aboriginal holds, I don’t person to talk to Pep astir what is happening successful the future, if determination would beryllium a caller coach, you person to speak.

‘Maybe Pep changes his caput and says convey you Kevin it is clip to leave, but I cognize however helium works with the squad and the players truthful that is thing caller to me.

‘Questions volition travel but I tin lone springiness you the answers I springiness astatine this time. Talks volition come, if nary talks travel it volition beryllium my past year. I conscionable privation to play bully football.’

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