[Reveal] De Bruyne held his breath and wanted to prove that Manchester City s decision was wrong

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In April this year, Belgian midfielder De Bruyne confirmed that he would leave Manchester City after his contract expires this summer. In June, Naples officially announced that De Bruyne would join. Judging from previous news, De Bruyne originally wanted to stay at Manchester City and was willing to accept a salary cut, and even was willing to "become a secondary role in the lineup." Even so, Manchester City did not renew his contract with De Bruyne. De Bruyne is actually dissatisfied with Manchester City's decision. Athletics.com recently wrote an article revealing some behind-the-scenes stories about De Bruyne leaving Manchester City and joining Naples.

De Bruyne issued a statement through his personal social media account in early April to confirm his departure from Manchester City. Before making this decision, De Bruyne believed he deserved a contract renewal from Manchester City, and the Belgian believed that he could still play an important role in Manchester City in the future. However, Manchester City executives have not communicated with De Bruyne on the renewal.

De Bruyne felt very hit after confirming that Manchester City would not give a new contract. During that time, De Bruyne's wife traveled with the children, and for about two weeks, De Bruyne spent alone at home, making it difficult for him to digest the emotion. After releasing his departure statement, De Bruyne "feels relieved."

Even after the news of his departure was announced to the public, De Bruyne still found it difficult to get rid of this disappointment completely. He also expressed his disappointment to the media that Manchester City decided not to renew his contract. De Bruyne's relationship with Manchester City's senior management also became cold during that period. However, before De Bruyne left the team, Manchester City still expressed respect and gratitude for De Bruyne in various other ways.

For future destination, De Bruyne's initial consideration was to stay in England, even in a smaller range, and the Belgian midfielder family had adapted to local life, so he would rather stay in the northwest of England. It is reported that De Bruyne's team had contacted Liverpool, but Liverpool was ready to sign in Werz at that time and had also contacted Serki. Such a signing plan made De Bruyne clearly know that he would not be a regular starter at Liverpool.

For this reason, Liverpool has not become an option that De Bruyne is seriously considering. Afterwards, clubs from all over the world sent invitations to De Bruyne. Juventus and Galatasaray expressed their interest, and there were rumors that the Saudi league was interested in De Bruyne. However, De Bruyne has no plans to play football in Saudi Arabia.

The US professional team also sent olive branches. Before Manchester City confirmed that they would not renew the contract, Miami International had negotiated with De Bruyne. It is reported that Miami International is willing to provide high salaries, second only to Messi and Beckham at that time, but because the number of "designated players" is full, the transfer failed.

Chicago Flames then joined the competition, which has a brand new training center and is willing to provide two-year pre-tax revenues of $20 million, and if signed, De Bruyne has additional commercial revenue. In addition, Chicago Flame's competitive plan is also attractive to De Bruyne. Although Naples also had an interest in De Bruyne, Chicago Flames was at the lead on this track. In May, Italian media reported that Conte might leave Naples this summer. If things go like this, then there is a good chance that De Bruyne will eventually choose the Chicago Flame. However, Conte will confirm to stay in office later, and Napoli will still have the Champions League mission next season and face pressure of multi-line combat. For De Bruyne, participating in the Champions League still means great appeal. De Bruyne believes that he has the ability to help Naples achieve better results in top competitions.

Belgian striker Lukaku, who played for Naples, and Belgian striker Mertens, who had played for Naples for many years, also encouraged De Bruyne to join. De Bruyne made the decision to join Naples under a variety of factors. Among them, playing football under Conte and being able to participate in the Champions League are the most decisive factors. It is reported that De Bruyne hopes to use his performance to prove that Manchester City's decision not to offer a contract renewal is wrong.

Text/Yanshan