{"id":2693,"date":"2025-04-04T12:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T12:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2693"},"modified":"2025-04-04T12:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T12:02:12","slug":"kevin-de-bruyne-announces-hes-leaving-manchester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2693","title":{"rendered":"Kevin De Bruyne announces he&#8217;s leaving Manchester City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\u200bKevin De Bruyne has announced he will depart Manchester City upon the expiration of his contract at the end of the current season, concluding a decade-long tenure that has solidified his status as one of the club&#8217;s most influential figures.<\/p>\n<p>He broke the news on his instagram account in a post titled &#8216;Dear Manchester.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Kevin De Bruyne (@kevindebruyne)<\/p>\n<p>Since his arrival from Wolfsburg in 2015, the 33-year-old Belgian midfielder has been instrumental in Manchester City&#8217;s dominance, contributing to 16 major trophies, including six Premier League titles, five League Cups, two FA Cups, and the club&#8217;s inaugural UEFA Champions League triumph in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>De Bruyne&#8217;s impact is underscored by his remarkable statistics: over 400 appearances in all competitions, with more than 100 goals and a club-record tally of assists. Notably, he equalled Thierry Henry&#8217;s record for the most assists in a Premier League season, registering 20 in the 2019-2020 campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his heartfelt message\u00a0De Bruyne expressed gratitude for his time at the club, stating, &#8220;Every story comes to an end, but this has definitely been the best chapter.&#8221;\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that De Bruyne is poised to continue his career in Major League Soccer, with San Diego FC emerging as a likely destination.<\/p>\n<p>De Bruyne&#8217;s departure marks the end of an era for Manchester City, as they bid farewell to a player whose vision, creativity, and leadership have been central to their success over the past decade.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bKevin De Bruyne has announced he will depart Manchester City upon the expiration of his contract at the end of the current season, concluding a decade-long tenure that has solidified his status as one of the club&#8217;s most influential figures. He broke the news on his instagram account in a post titled &#8216;Dear Manchester.&#8217; \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}