MANCHESTER CITY have tabled an improved contract offer to Kevin De Bruyne after the Belgian star rejected their initial terms in January, according to reports. The Belgian superstar, 29, is currently under contract until the end of the 2022-23 season. But the club are keen to tie him down until the end of his career. […]
MANCHESTER CITY have tabled an improved contract offer to Kevin De Bruyne after the Belgian star rejected their initial terms in January, according to reports.
The Belgian superstar, 29, is currently under contract until the end of the 2022-23 season.
But the club are keen to tie him down until the end of his career.
De Bruyne rejected City‘s opening gambit in January and began to feel frustrated by the lack of progress.
But the club have now offered ‘agreeable’ terms, according to The Times.
The report states De Bruyne will be handed a sharp increase on his current £320,000-a-week wages, as well as an extension.
Both parties hope to have concluded negotiations by the end of the current season.
De Bruyne – City’s vice-captain – is happy at the Etihad Stadium despite rumblings he could quit last year.
The Belgian was happy to commit his future to the club after their European ban was overturned.
And with Pep Guardiola still in charge, it’s claimed De Bruyne sees no reason to leave.
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De Bruyne has been in typically elite form this season, even breaking into the top ten for all-time Premier League assists last month.
On Wednesday night, the playmaker scored twice in the 5-2 mauling of Southampton as City extended their lead atop the table to 14 points.
Meanwhile, Guardiola and Co could lose club legend Sergio Aguero this summer.
Barcelona are claimed to have made a ‘formal approach’ for the striker.
The Spanish giants hope to use Lionel Messi’s friendship with fellow Argentine Aguero to land him in July.
