Kevin De Bruyne has been linked with a move to Saudi Pro League club Al Ittihad; the 33-year-old has a year left on his contract at Manchester City; Pep Guardiola says the midfielder won’t leave this summer; City is currently on a pre-season tour in the United States.
However, Pep Guardiola says Kevin De Bruyne will not leave Manchester City this summer.
Saudi Pro League club Al Ittihad have been linked with De Bruyne, who has a year remaining on his current deal and last month admitted he has been discussing the future with his wife Michele.
However, speaking ahead of Manchester City’s friendly against Celtic in North Carolina, Manchester City manager Guardiola told reporters “Kevin is not going”.
“If someone leaves, we’re going to talk about that,” added Guardiola.
“Of course, until the last day, we have chances (to make transfers), I don’t rule out the option to have new players but I think there is an 85/90 per cent chance we will have the same squad.
“I feel comfortable, because the quality of human beings we have in the squad is difficult to be replaced, and the quality is there.
“But we’ll see, I don’t know in the last moment if someone comes for some players and they leave, we’re going to decide.”
In June, De Bruyne told the Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws he was fond of the idea of a lucrative payday in the latter stages of his career.
“For Michele, an exotic adventure is OK,” he told the paper.
“These are also conversations that we are having more and more as a family. I still have one year of contract, so I have to think about what can happen.
Source: Sky Sports