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Manchester City changes the situation! Abandon De Bruyne to protect Gundogan, did Guardiola make the wrong move?

7:49pm, 13 May 2025【Football】

Seeing a football forum a fan asked: How do you think of Manchester City not leaving De Bruyne but leaving Gundogan and others? I can only answer that football is not about fighting, killing, but also about human nature.

Telling an unusual truth is more valuable to Manchester City and Guardiola than De Bruyne.

When I saw this, there must be some fans refuting me, saying what level of De Bruyne? What level is Gundo'an? De Bruyne is the number one midfielder in the Premier League history. Whether Gundogan can rank in the top 30 is a question. In terms of strength, status, and honor, what is Gundogan using to fight De Bruyne? In terms of competitive value, this is true, what about the rest?

Think about it, did Gundogan leave Manchester City the year before yesterday? Gundogan has been playing in Barcelona for a year. Not only has he returned, but he has also triggered the automatic contract renewal clause. Gundogan is still at Manchester City next season. Do you want to accept it?

On the other hand, De Bruyne is in a miserable state. Even though De Bruyne was strong before, he had no value for Manchester City's future. Why do you guess De Bruyne expressed dissatisfaction with the way Manchester City handled his departure?

It's not that De Bruyne refused to cut his salary, but that Manchester City didn't ask De Bruyne if he wanted to cut his salary and renew his contract, and directly chose not to renew his contract. In other words, Manchester City didn't even have the sincerity to keep people, and just wanted to send De Bruyne away as soon as possible. De Bruyne's value had long been squeezed out by Manchester City. After getting older, he became more injured and more injured, he was swept out by Manchester City.

Gundogan is different. Manchester City and Guardiola still want to stay Gundogan as Manchester City coach in the future. Maybe Manchester City will start as Manchester City assistant coach in the future, and then go to the satellite team behind Manchester City's financial backer for a period of time, and then become the successor of Guardiola of Manchester City. In this case, no matter how much Gundogan beats, Manchester City will not send him away immediately.

What do you think about this?