Pep Guardiola and Littel Technical Director are Begrig.
When he talks about the contracts, Guardiola usually says it is a ‘new”s decision and moves responsibility to those above him. On this occasion, he owns it.
“It wasn’t easy for me to tell me it won’t continue,” Guardiola told a news conference at a press conference ahead of Sunday’s Manchester derby in Old Trafford on Sunday.
“Do we like it or not, it’s time to say goodbye to him?”
What is not clear is what the main reasons for the decision to cut off.
De Bruyne is one of the most revenues in the Premier League. It was impossible to imagine that City offered an extension under the same condition of £400,000 a week. They are also very good at the hard drive, like the former captain of Ilka Gundogan in 2023 when City refused to link the German midfielder’s goals for a two-year deal.
De Bruyne has been the shadow of his normal himself this season. With a joint consent, after his victory in Newcastle in January 2024, he had no effect of changing the game, when he came out of the bench and created another, and made a 2-1 deficit of 3-2
His four goals and seven assists in all competitions this season have fallen at normal levels. Last month, he scored in the FA Cup against Playmos. Of his six assists in the Premier League, two of his last two games were 6-0 at Ipsuic, which was due to a decline.
Guardiola admitted this season that it may have been wrong to be loyal to his starting line-up last summer. Was it a decision-making factor, or was it considered an insult to offer De Bruyne’s extension than it is now getting?