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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Simon Hattenstone

Farewell Kevin De Bruyne: Manchester City’s genius and a law unto himself

Manchester City fans and a tifo for Kevin De Bruyne during his last match at Etihad Stadium.
Manchester City fans and a tifo for Kevin De Bruyne during his final match at the Etihad Stadium. Photograph: Lee Parker/CameraSport/Getty Images

Kevin De Bruyne is leaving Manchester City, and I’m going through all five stages of grief at once. Denial (the club will give him a new contract); anger (how could they not renew his contract?), bargaining (at 33, he’s past his peak and injury prone), depression (life without Kev is no life) and acceptance (it was never going to last, and I not only got to watch him for 10 years, I got to meet him.)

They say you should never meet your heroes. I’ve always stood by that maxim when it came to Manchester City players, with the one exception. Oh Kevin De Bruyne. (For the uninitiated, chant endlessly to the chorus of Seven Nation Army.) As De Bruyne is a law unto himself as a player, so he is as an interviewee.

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