Kevin De Bruyne's transfer preference becomes clear as Man City star changes exit plan

Kevin De Bruyne is acceptable to spot his Manchester City declaration expire successful 2025 and volition person galore suitors chasing his signature arsenic helium ponders what to bash for the last signifier of his career

Manchester City prima Kevin De Bruyne is said to similar a determination to Major League Soccer should helium depart the Premier League champions.

The 33-year-old has enjoyed six Premier League titles, 2 FA Cup trophies and a Champions League trophy among a fig of successes astatine the Etihad Stadium but has present entered the last twelvemonth of his contract. Diaglogue betwixt De Bruyne's representatives and the nine is said to beryllium underway but the Belgian is reported to beryllium 'unlikely' to widen his stay.

The ex-Chelsea and Wolfsburg midfielder is drawn to the civilization of the United States arsenic a spot to rise his family, successful opposition to a much-touted determination to the Saudi Pro League.

Sky study that San Diego FC are the astir apt campaigner for De Bruyne's signature arsenic they motorboat successful the MLS successful 2025. The likes of Hirving Lozano and erstwhile Manchester United youngster Paddy McNair are already progressive with the nine up of adjacent play and it is said that the squad tin connection a comparable wage to that of Manchester City.

De Bruyne played down the suggestions helium had been progressive successful discussions concerning his aboriginal implicit the summer. The seasoned said it had been a 'quiet' summertime and that helium had 'not been entertained by anybody oregon spoken to anybody'.

It had been said successful May that his representatives held talks with caller MLS franchise San Diego, and details of preliminary discussions implicit a imaginable determination to Saudi Arabia emerged soon after.

It was adjacent reported successful February by The Athletic that De Bruyne planned to motion a caller declaration with City with the anticipation of retiring astir the property of 35. An interrogation with Belgian outlet HLN possibly near radical expecting an imminent departure however.

De Bruyne said: “At my property you person to beryllium unfastened to everything. You're talking astir unthinkable amounts of wealth successful what whitethorn beryllium the extremity of my career.

"Sometimes you person to deliberation astir that. If I play determination [Saudi Arabia] for 2 years, I volition beryllium capable to gain an unthinkable magnitude of money. Before that I had to play shot for 15 years.

“I whitethorn not adjacent scope that magnitude yet. Then you person to deliberation astir what that could mean next. But astatine the infinitesimal I haven't had to deliberation astir that yet.”

De Bruyne has not featured since the mediate of September and has shown fewer signs of being adjacent to a return. Pep Guardiola admitted up of Sparta Praha that his comeback remains uncertain.

“No, it’s not a large issue," helium said. "But helium doesn’t consciousness wholly good and Kevin is not 22-years-old anymore, helium has to beryllium acceptable for his football. He has to beryllium completely, wholly acceptable and helium doesn’t consciousness comfy astatine all.

“So helium cannot explicit his unthinkable imaginable astatine his best, truthful that’s wherefore he’s grooming a small spot better, but inactive helium doesn’t feel… He said to me, ‘Still I don’t consciousness good’. So if you don’t consciousness good, instrumentality your time.”

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