Kevin De Bruyne

[Blaugrana Bull]

Lol De Bruyne is prone to hissy fits, I've even spoken to German fans who know what's going on over there who have said he does it at Wolfburg, the difference is he's managed a lot better there, probably because he's important so they care more, he's not just another player, while Mou doesn't take shit like that. Why keep a guy who will potentially disrupt team harmony? Makes perfest sense why he wants to avoid Mou like the plague, and why he played so shit after he was dropped. Mou really liked him to begin with and wanted to use him, if he was just another kid we always planned to sell he wouldn't have even started once in the EPL, but he actually got a chance and Mou wasn't happy. I've read stories about him several times from various sources as well as people from Germany during his time at Wolfsburg, it's not bias or bullshit, it's just the truth. He had a chance here, he let his head drop cause he's weak, simple. He won't have that issue at City cause he won't be dropped since he's so expensive and you don't pay that much and drop a player. That, and he's probably more mature now so he won't cry if he does perform badly and is somehow dropped. I think he'll be a success there.

Mou made a mistake. Not the first time he has problems with players because of whatever is going on his crazy mind.
Everytime something like that happens with Van Gaal there are comments everywhere about him being insane and stuff. If that happens to Mou, it is the player's fault to adapt in Mou's system etc.
I call bullshit. I follow BuLi closely and there were no serious issues with KDB ever.

 

[antonnn]

Of course he makes mistakes, but from memory De Bruyne did want to leave so what Mou has said is not totally untrue(I think he did stretch it a bit saying he whinged every day lol). I think staying 6 months more until the end of that season may have helped De Bruyne and he could have ended up becoming a success here but it never happened, so oh well. For the time his sale price was good, and I don't think it was a case of him not fitting into the system either. Something most definitely did happen between him and Mou though, cause he basically wants to avoid Mou like the plague, he said he won't play for us again as long as Mou is here. I don't see it as a totally one sided mistreatment of De Bruyne like some people like to say, at the end of the day not being picked isn't a reason for him to want to avoid Mou that much, especially as he's gotten a lot better now and would probably be able to get into and stay in the side. They both blame each other, so we're never going to know the actual story.

 

[Butaan4barca]

Mou made a mistake. Not the first time he has problems with players because of whatever is going on his crazy mind.
Everytime something like that happens with Van Gaal there are comments everywhere about him being insane and stuff. If that happens to Mou, it is the player's fault to adapt in Mou's system etc.
I call bullshit. I follow BuLi closely and there were no serious issues with KDB ever.

I would'nt call it a real mistake. Its absolutely normal best manager have strongest personality in the club, and they want to be the deriving force in a club. If they don't , they really don't qualify for that leadership role.

As as soon as there is a conflict, between a player who wants to play in every match and the manager, who has a longer vision and a different perspective, its just better for everybody to just let the player go. And thats what mourinho did. And to be fair to him, chelsea still has oscar, and van gikel (i abosolutely belive , he will make it big time in chelsea

But without doubt if he was still there, fabregas would've spent the last half season warming the bench.

 

[Beast]

Of course he makes mistakes, but from memory De Bruyne did want to leave so what Mou has said is not totally untrue(I think he did stretch it a bit saying he whinged every day lol). I think staying 6 months more until the end of that season may have helped De Bruyne and he could have ended up becoming a success here but it never happened, so oh well. For the time his sale price was good, and I don't think it was a case of him not fitting into the system either. Something most definitely did happen between him and Mou though, cause he basically wants to avoid Mou like the plague, he said he won't play for us again as long as Mou is here. I don't see it as a totally one sided mistreatment of De Bruyne like some people like to say, at the end of the day not being picked isn't a reason for him to want to avoid Mou that much, especially as he's gotten a lot better now and would probably be able to get into and stay in the side. They both blame each other, so we're never going to know the actual story.

Mou has his issues with players..as usual... sometimes the criteria is just based on personal preference and usually if you are not a "Mou believer " you end up being his worst enemy... we've seen it with Iker and others.. by the time he left the club there was only Arbeloa and in a way Xabi who were ok with him the rest were glad to see his back so i do think De Bruyne may have a point...And what happened to RM is probably will happen exactly to you in this season if Roman don't pull the plug earlier... the 3rd season syndrome is becoming a trademark of his ... on top of that i believe failing to make the players follow him blindly in RM has affected him psychologically

 

[Butaan4barca]

Mou has his issues with players..as usual... sometimes the criteria is just based on personal preference and usually if you are not a "Mou believer " you end up being his worst enemy... we've seen it with Iker and others.. by the time he left the club there was only Arbeloa and in a way Xabi who were ok with him the rest were glad to see his back so i do think De Bruyne may have a point...And what happened to RM is probably will happen exactly to you in this season if Roman don't pull the plug earlier... the 3rd season syndrome is becoming a trademark of his ... on top of that i believe failing to make the players follow him blindly in RM has affected him psychologically

I don't think thats 100% true. he is a true professional, and we saw that he chose curtois over peter cech, and varane over pepe, santon over maxwell.

cassilas was in horrible form and lopez was simple amazing. Any manager who doesn't have a problem with not performing player is not really fit for the job. He simply is on merit manager, doesn't pays much importance to players profile if he can't deliver according to him

So he just thinks the one who performs well in training, even if that means, the current of a player has made a player a better choice over someone who is just simply untouchable otherwise.

We will see that in following weeks, he will use Ruben Loftus-Cheek inplace of matic, and oscar inplace of fab as starting may be in the next match or soon if they continue to play like they have in last couple of matches

 

[El Gato]

Mou has his issues with players..as usual... sometimes the criteria is just based on personal preference and usually if you are not a "Mou believer " you end up being his worst enemy... we've seen it with Iker and others.. by the time he left the club there was only Arbeloa and in a way Xabi who were ok with him the rest were glad to see his back so i do think De Bruyne may have a point...And what happened to RM is probably will happen exactly to you in this season if Roman don't pull the plug earlier... the 3rd season syndrome is becoming a trademark of his ... on top of that i believe failing to make the players follow him blindly in RM has affected him psychologically

TBF that team right now is hilariously inferior in durability to the other Mou teams in the past. They needed a top CB and didn't manage to lure Varane out so they're kinda screwed, along with some obvious backroom bollocks coming from Mou's unnecessary frustration antics. He's proven he's not along with the team for the long haul. He comes, instills winning attitude when the club needs it at the expense of uncomfortable image behind the scenes and in public, and then fucks off because it's not fun anymore.

What I wonder is when is he going to want to move on to NT football. He's not led one before, needs to transition somehow and he did say he wants to manage Portugal. But would he do it now taking advantage of Cristiano's last years of prime, or is he gonna wait till he's gone and someone else turns up.

I think he could want to take over after Euro 2016 and subsequently give CR his last shot at winning the WC.

 

[Beast]

TBF that team right now is hilariously inferior in durability to the other Mou teams in the past. They needed a top CB and didn't manage to lure Varane out so they're kinda screwed, along with some obvious backroom bollocks coming from Mou's unnecessary frustration antics. He's proven he's not along with the team for the long haul. He comes, instills winning attitude when the club needs it at the expense of uncomfortable image behind the scenes and in public, and then fucks off because it's not fun anymore.

What I wonder is when is he going to want to move on to NT football. He's not led one before, needs to transition somehow and he did say he wants to manage Portugal. But would he do it now taking advantage of Cristiano's last years of prime, or is he gonna wait till he's gone and someone else turns up.

I think he could want to take over after Euro 2016 and subsequently give CR his last shot at winning the WC.

He had free hand in 3 years to change what he wanted ... you can't say he is forced to do anything... Roman was pretty generous so he takes the full blame
Luring Varane is similar to United luring Bale or Neymar... tabloid bollocks he should have went and looked somewhere else... Otamendi , Abdel Nour etc both moved for good price this summer
more importantly for someone who watched Cesc he knew he can't count on him as a pillar for the team and that's another thing...

Portugal will have a good team after Ronaldo is gone.. i don't think CR wants to deal with him anymore and the upcoming guys we saw in the youth cup were really good so i'll guess he'll wait.. i believe his next move will be PSG taking over from Blanc

 

[Beast]

I don't think thats 100% true. he is a true professional, and we saw that he chose curtois over peter cech, and varane over pepe, santon over maxwell.

cassilas was in horrible form and lopez was simple amazing. Any manager who doesn't have a problem with not performing player is not really fit for the job. He simply is on merit manager, doesn't pays much importance to players profile if he can't deliver according to him

So he just thinks the one who performs well in training, even if that means, the current of a player has made a player a better choice over someone who is just simply untouchable otherwise.

We will see that in following weeks, he will use Ruben Loftus-Cheek inplace of matic, and oscar inplace of fab as starting may be in the next match or soon if they continue to play like they have in last couple of matches

Iker was not in a horrible form when they had the fallout which happened before Lopez moved in the first place..
He chose Courtois because the Belg is better and Varane over Pepe because the later was injured and that had another fallout with him in the last season like the rest of the guys
He isn't a merit manager he picks his favorite guys no matter how good or bad they are... if you are not a Mou player there is no need for you in the team.. De Bruyne is better than anything Chelsea has in the team...Salah was another excellent young winger who tore Serie A an asshole and continue to do so with Roma... yet he chose Curdado and lasted a season.. why did you buy him in the first place ? ... there is nothing called based on merit with Jose

 

[El Gato]

PSG is a good shout. Perfect place with a need of a catalyst.

City didn't even need Otamendi either. Seems it's all going under the fact that Mou is too distracted from the needs of his team. It doesn't look great.

 

[Beast]

City needed him .. you need proper CB to win in Europe .. at least 3... DM is good but old and lacks pace they got exposed against Barca..plus it's the trend to steal each other target especially when someone like Woodward is fast asleep

I can see him going there .. great money and only focus is the CL for him although the profile is much lower than anything he coached.. maybe Bayern Munich ?

 

[El Gato]

Otamendi transfer wasn't ever governed by the real need of improvement at CB. They took him along because they could and adds depth. More of a political steal like you said.

Philosophy in Munich is much different. I don't know if the fans would react positively. PSG sounds better. The only league with a comparable or lower profile was when he was at Porto and that was before his head blew up like crazy with stardom. That's the only gripe with moving to France. But they're not a terrible league. They're certainly better than when they were transitioning after Lyon hegemony. They have about 2-4 teams that can beat each other, even if the champion will always be the same and Lyons, Monacos and Marseilles won't achieve much in Europe.

 

[Mitchell1978]

Of course he makes mistakes, but from memory De Bruyne did want to leave so what Mou has said is not totally untrue(I think he did stretch it a bit saying he whinged every day lol). I think staying 6 months more until the end of that season may have helped De Bruyne and he could have ended up becoming a success here but it never happened, so oh well.

with the world cup coming up that season De Bruyne didn't want to risk another 6 months on the bench

 

[El Flaco]

Any latest news about KDB's move to City?

 

[El Gato]

It just got confirmed on Twitter mate, lol. 6 years, undisclosed fee apparently.

 

[Butaan4barca]

great signing. Ready made for first team, now its gives city a lot of depth and cover, with a lot of options for starting different sorts of players in the mid