Stan Collymore has told The Mirror that Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne should join Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool in the summer transfer window.
The pundit believes that it is now time for De Bruyne to find a new challenge, and has suggested a transfer to Liverpool.
The former Liverpool striker told The Mirror: “In August 2020, I wrote a column saying Kevin De Bruyne should go to Liverpool and, of course, at the time the comments on it were all, ‘Ha ha ha, why would he want to go there?’ Well, those who took the time to reply are not laughing now and I can’t help wondering if it has crossed his mind that it might be time for a change.
“As a player, you know when you walk off the pitch whether or not you have had the impact you wanted to have on a game. And after City’s Champions League exit, I’m sure De Bruyne will have been looking around thinking, ‘Are other people as good as I am? Will they help get me to where I need to be? Do I need to go to a club which is a routine winning machine?’
“His effectiveness in the biggest one-off games for club and country is actually very poor and maybe it’s time for him to go to a Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich, a club, or more importantly organisation, that has that winning mentality which gets the best out of him. Look, Liverpool might not be able to afford his wages — City have the means to pay a player whatever he wants and my old club, big as they are, don’t.
“And he may well walk out of City one day saying, ‘I’ve won the lot here’, and I’ve no doubt City will ultimately win the Champions League. But the feeling of winning what he has won so far with City will not push him anywhere near the heights he could still get to if he was with one of those other clubs because of their histories. The difference is palpable and I wonder if KDB, who is from a family of Liverpool fans and whose hero was Michael Owen when he was younger, needs that now to become the difference in the biggest games.”
Kevin De Bruyne from Manchester City to Liverpool not happening
In our opinion, Kevin De Bruyne is not going to leave Manchester City for Liverpool anytime soon.
City, who won the Premier League title last season and could win it again this campaign, are simply not going to sell arguably their best player to their main rivals.
No way.
Moreover, there is absolutely no need for the 30-year-old Belgium international midfielder to leave City for Liverpool.
De Bruyne has been at City since 2015 and has won the Premier League title three times already.
Yes, the midfielder has not won the Champions League with the Citizens yet, but Pep Guardiola’s side reached the final last season and the semi-finals this time around.
Moreover, De Bruyne is paid well at City, earning £400,000 per week (Spotrac).
Yes, Liverpool are a traditional and historic club, but City are winning titles on a regular basis and are creating ‘modern history’.
We do not think that De Bruyne should even think of leaving City for Liverpool.
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