Should Man City have kept Kevin De Bruyne on ‘one more year’? Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards disagree | Football News

After Kevin de Bruyne retracted the years with a victory over the match to see Man City last wolves football Friday nightJimmy Carager and Mika Richards had different views on whether the Belgian should be kept in the union for another year.

Last month, De Bruyne announced that he would leave the club as he won six titles in the Premier League in a decade, before he later revealed that he was “surprised” that he had not extension of his current deal, which ends at the end of June.

The 33 -year -old added that he felt that he could still perform the “highest level” and showed some evidence of this in his performance against wolves, as he produced the most successful passes and pressures of a third in the city that ends in rotation in addition to the only goal of the game.

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Richards, a former defender in the city of Man, said he could understand Di Bruyne’s frustration with his abandonment, despite his era and the refusal of the fitness that limited him to only 17 beginning of this season.

He said: “Maybe the press that Man City wants, but quality is quality, thinks he can still play at the highest level. I think it is.

“Speaking to many city fans, they believe that it is good to go this season so that he can leave at a higher level. Two weeks ago he said he feels that he is free of injuries for the first time, as he feels more flexible and flexible.

“Ages are attached to you, 33 years old, and your body cannot do certain things you want. But you look at Man City’s possession statistics, it keeps the ball well and scores a vital goal. His intelligence in football is still present.

“Perhaps he tells the manager that he is still good enough to play at this level.”

Jimmy Carager said Football Friday night He was more inclined alongside Manchester City’s decision to allow the midfielder to leave.

De Bruyne also achieved 15 start in the Premier League for the club last year, and missed 13 games in 2020/21. In total, it appeared in 257 of 339 league matches under the Pep Guardiola.

Caragir said he felt that De Bruyne’s wages were difficult to justify, because a player in his position and quality will happen more than he would be ready to pay for his limited manifestations.

“I can understand where the club comes from,” he said. “

“I think it’s one of the best players in global football, and he is right in it. He has been hit a lot in the past two years, so it’s difficult to justify Manchester City from the point of view, to give him a new contract.

“When you have a club like this, we know with PSR and all the different things that happen, you cannot afford the costs of someone on these types of wages does not play every week, it should be for one of the star players.

“Now, he is still a star player, but he will not play every week, he is likely to play from 20 to 25 games of the season.

“Gary Neville mentioned, when you think about Manchester United boys, all of them arrived at this age, being one of them, and perhaps Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, where they stay there and go through their experience, as they wandered in games and outside.

“I am sure they were getting good salaries, but the numbers we are talking about now with Kevin De Bruyne, maybe one of the highest paid players in the world, does not play every week, and may not be Manchester City to justify it.”

De Bruyne: I do not know what the future hides

The man said himself Sky Sports He was no more wise for his future despite playing what would likely be played at his penultimate land on Friday night.

But after contributing the third goal in four games, De Bruyne repeated his belief that he had what is necessary to continue playing with the club at the same level.

“I just try to play the best possible,” he said. “I know that I have one game left [at the Etihad]But I just try to do my job as I always did.

“I am proud of what I do and this is what it always was.

“Many of my teammates spoke to me, and they are sad to leave, but sometimes this is what happens in life. The way I do and behave is how everyone should be.

“I don’t know [what the future holds]Unfortunately. I have shown that I could still play here or have not been to do what I have done in the past four or five weeks. This is all in my view. “