{"id":533168,"date":"2023-10-26T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=533168"},"modified":"2023-10-26T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:00:00","slug":"sources-saudi-club-hopeful-of-luring-kevin-de-bruyne-from-man-city-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-saudi-club-hopeful-of-luring-kevin-de-bruyne-from-man-city-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Saudi club ‘hopeful’ of luring Kevin De Bruyne from Man City next year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Saudi Arabian officials have sounded out Man City star Kevin De Bruyne about a potential move to the Middle East in 2024, sources have told Football Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 31-year-old is believed to be a serious target for Saudi Pro League officials as they attempt to grow the profile of their fledgeling football operation worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saudi Arabia are set to step up their pursuit of De Bruyne in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A well-placed source has told Football Insider <\/strong>that league officials are hoping to lure him to the Middle East next summer and are hopeful of persuading him to make the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This bombshell comes with De Bruyne currently ruled out with a serious hamstring injury – with the Belgium international not expected to return until the new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Football Insider <\/strong>revealed last week (20 October) that there is \u201cno urgency\u201d at Man City to sit down and discuss a contract renewal with the playmaker.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five-time Premier League winner is currently out of contract in June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De Bruyne made 49 total appearances last term, notching 10 goals and 31 assists in a stellar season as City won a historic treble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belgium international currently earns a\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0wage of \u00a3400,000-a-week but could rake in an even more lucrative deal in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Man City have already allowed Riyad Mahrez and Aymeric Laporte to leave for Al-Ahli and Al Nassr respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saudi Pro League have also moved to bring Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kante to the Middle East in the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other news, Man City could accept \u00a380million bid for star man.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saudi Arabian officials have sounded out Man City star Kevin De Bruyne about a potential move to the Middle East in 2024, sources have told Football Insider. The 31-year-old is believed to be a serious target for Saudi Pro League officials as they attempt to grow the profile of their fledgeling football operation worldwide. Saudi …<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":533172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverart":"\"\"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","_grv_disable_ads":false,"grv_featured_categories":""},"categories":[7,4,612],"tags":[13],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":533169,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533168\/revisions\/533169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}