Kevin De Bruyne has declared his intention to depart from Manchester City

BREAKING: Kevin De Bruyne has declared his intention to depart from Manchester City at the conclusion of the season.


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- Okay, we have huge breaking news. We're going to be hearing from Pep Guardiola very shortly. I'm sure he'll have a lot to say about a statement just released.

- by Kevin De Bruyne a and it does look like- He's going to be leaving Manchester City. He has put a post on his social media thanking Manchester.and we're going to go to Penn Ransom I have a social media statement here.but then runs, and I'm just going to get straight to your really because you're up the heart of where De Bruyne has been for the last ten years of his career, and yeah, really huge breaking news that he's just announced on his Instagram account.- Yeah, this is a guess. The news that Manchester City fans would have probably been expecting is not there. There have been many bumps when our boss, Pep Guardiola, spoke various times about whether Kevin De Bruyne's future was going to be up in the air with new contracts. Well, he has confirmed this lunchtime that he's wanted
- Put the news out first to tell the Manchester City fans that he will be leaving the club.at the end of the season- That social media statement that you've just referenced

—I can read a bit of it to see how he pens it: Dear Manchester. Seeing this, you probably realize where this is heading, he writes, and this is very Kevin deployed on Aug straight to it, and you will know that these will be my final months as a Manchester City player. Nothing about this is easy to write, he says.
- But as football players, we all know this day eventually comes. That day is here, and you deserve to hear it from me. First, football led me to all of you and to the city, chasing my dream, not knowing this period would change my life. This city, this club, and these people gave me everything, he writes. I had no choice but to give everything.

- Back, and guess what? We want everything. I mean, they certainly did not miss that treble in 1923. Obviously part of an incredible, glittering era of success.

- The fallout from being brought here is whether we like it or not, it's time to say goodbye. Sheree, Row, Mason, Michelle, and I are beyond grateful for what this place has meant to our family. Manchester will forever be on our kids passports, and the hospital touched, more importantly, each of our hearts. This will always be our home. We cannot fight the city club staff and teammates.
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