Pep Guardiola makes worrying Kevin De Bruyne admission as Man City face wait over star

Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne is retired of declaration adjacent summertime and manager Pep Guardiola has spoken retired astir what mightiness prevarication up for the Belgian star

Pep Guardiola says Kevin De Bruyne volition not privation to enactment astatine Manchester City adjacent play if helium is not astatine his best.

De Bruyne’s declaration expires successful July and the Belgium prima has been cardinal to City’s galore successes since helium arrived from Wolfsburg for £55million successful 2015. De Bruyne, 33, has struggled with injuries and the past of his 5 starts this play came against Inter Milan successful the Champions League successful mid-September.

He has struggled to get backmost to highest signifier and Guardiola says helium whitethorn not beryllium the main antheral for them adjacent play if helium stays. “I don’t know,” said the City boss.

“Kevin, I’m beauteous sure, volition beryllium honest. He volition privation to decorativeness present aft this play oregon the adjacent one, oregon the adjacent one, astatine his best. I don’t deliberation helium volition beryllium present erstwhile helium believes helium doesn’t consciousness helium tin beryllium the Kevin that tin nutrient and assistance the squad similar helium has done successful the past decade. I’m beauteous definite of that.

“In these benignant of situations, similar David Silva was, helium volition determine the champion for him and the squad due to the fact that I’m beauteous definite helium doesn’t privation to beryllium successful the presumption that cannot beryllium - I’m not saying playing each 3 days for 11 months - but erstwhile helium performs helium has to play arsenic the champion Kevin arsenic possible, and unluckily with the injuries helium could not deliver.”

De Bruyne says helium has been plagued by an abdominal contented for the past 2 months, which meant helium couldn’t adjacent footwear the shot due to the fact that helium was successful truthful overmuch pain. He felt amended aft his substitute quality against Tottenham connected Saturday and does not cognize what helium volition bash successful the summer.

De Bruyne held preliminary declaration talks with City successful the summer, but has shelved them until helium is yet afloat fit. “Honestly, I don’t know,” helium said. “Obviously erstwhile I started the season, I knew things would hap and talks would happen. But past I unluckily had that happening against Brentford. So I’ve enactment fundamentally everything to the side.

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“I was hoping to beryllium retired for a mates of days and it ended up being 8 oregon 9 weeks. So besides for the infinitesimal I’d alternatively inactive get amended archetypal and past spot however I americium and the remainder volition come.

“I’m not truly excessively obsessed with things close now. I cognize radical volition inquire maine questions astir this, but there’s not a batch I tin say. There haven’t been a batch of talks, truthful I’m fine, I’m happy. I conscionable privation to play bully shot again and the aboriginal we’ll see.

“Questions volition come, but I tin lone springiness you the answers that I’m giving you close present due to the fact that there’s thing truly much to speech about. Talks volition come. If nary talks come, past it’s my past year. So I don’t know. I’m trying to beryllium honorable and radical tin accidental oregon constitute astir it. I can’t impact that. I conscionable privation to play bully shot and we’ll spot what the aboriginal holds.”

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