'Guardiola Official is out!'...'"Our Dubrowner is not going anywhere!" All-time salary + Saudi transfer rumor →"Clear fake news"

Jul 23, 2024

Coach Pep Guardiola clearly drew a line on his student's transfer to Saudi Arabia. European soccer transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano said on the 23rd (Korea time) 'Guardiola and Kevin De Bruyne will not sign with the Saudi league this summer. Yesterday's news is clearly fake news,' the report said. Britain's Daily Mail also reported that `Guardiola was confident that Derbroughner would not move to Saudi Arabia.' Guardiola says "Derbrowner will not leave", dismissing the transfer rumors. Photo =Twitter Capture

Pep Guardiola drew a clear line on the rumor of his student's transfer to Saudi Arabia.

European soccer transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano said on the 23rd (Korea time) 'Guardiola and Kevin De Bruyne will not sign with the Saudi league this summer. Yesterday's news is clearly fake news,' the report said.

The British Daily Mail also reported that `Guardiola was confident that Derbroughner would not move to Saudi Arabia' and that `Man City have no intention of recruiting many players, and that Derbroughner's contract is one season away.'

Guardiola says "Derbrowner will not leave"If someone leaves, I will talk about the matter. Of course, there will be a transfer opportunity until the last day. New recruits cannot be ruled out, but I think they will form the same squad with 85-90% odds"There won't be much change in the squad for the next season, and neither will Dubrowner leave."

Dubrowner was born in 1991 and is still a midfielder representing the EPL despite being 33 years old. He has been a key player for Manchester City since joining the club in 2015. Manchester City had a glorious time with De Bruyne, including six EPL wins, two FA Cup wins, five League Cup wins and one European Champions League victory.

Despite still showing off his best skills, it has been reported that De Bruyne is getting closer to moving to Saudi Arabia recently. Reporter Rudy Galetti, an expert in the European football transfer market, said on his personal SNS on the 4th that an oral agreement was reached between De Bruyne and RT Hard. The negotiating delegation and the club representative spoke with the player, who gave approval for the transfer. Now it's up to the club. Man City are open to letting him go,' he reported.

The embers grew bigger with an interview with Derbroughner. Speaking to Belgian media outlet HLN, Derbrowner said of the possibility of a Saudi transfer, "I think I can make a lot of money if I play for Saudi for two years. I played football for 15 years before that and maybe I haven't reached that amount yet. You have to think about what that means"It is not easy to reject Saudi Arabia's huge offer," he said. In fact, players who moved to Saudi Arabia before Dubrowner left with huge salaries, so if you are a player of the level of Dubrowner, you are likely to receive more than you can imagine.

However, the news that De Bruyne reached a personal agreement does not appear to be true. Along with Guardiola, a reporter familiar with Manchester City news also said that the rumor of a transfer to Derbroughner was not true.

Jack Goheon, a leading reporter familiar with Manchester City's news, said, `R-Etichard has tried to recruit Dubrowiner, but Dubrowiner is expected to remain in Manchester City.' It has been reported that Dubrowiner has been interested in Saudi clubs since February and may leave for the Middle East. However, he later expressed his desire to continue working under Pep Guardiola, explaining that he wants to stay in Manchester City.

Meanwhile, great attention was also paid to whether De Bruyne would walk the same path as Cristiano Ronaldo or Son Heung-min.

Ronaldo wore a Saudi al-Nasr uniform in December 2022, signaling a full-fledged recruitment of European players in the Saudi league. Since then, many stars, including Neymar, N'Golo Kante and Karim Benzema, have headed to Saudi Arabia.

On the other hand, some players have taken a different path from Ronaldo. Son Heung-min announced that he would stay in the EPL instead of moving to Saudi Arabia. Son Heung-min's interest was only in the EPL, although he continued to receive attention recently. Other players who received attention, such as Manuel Neuer and Luca Modric, also considered staying in their teams or advancing to MLS, and Saudi Arabia did not have an option. With this choice, De Bruyne is more likely to remain in the EPL with Son Heung-min.

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'Guardiola Official is out!'...'"Our Dubrowner is not going anywhere!" All-time salary + Saudi transfer rumor →"Clear fake news"

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