The playmaker has struggled with injury this season and has made it clear he would be willing to consider a move to the Saudi Pro League.

Despite the salaries on offer, most players still wait until they are past their best to make such a move, and with the City player increasingly hampered by fitness concerns, his compatriot Mpenza suggested that the time will soon come for him to move on.

He told OLBG : “I think when Pep Guardiola leaves Manchester City, that’s when Kevin De Bruyne will leave too. 

“They have won everything together and I think that would be best for them.

“You have to say that it’s not the same Kevin De Bruyne as the one from two or three years ago."

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