After Man City’s latest defeat, Kevin De Bruyne has been urged to explore a move to Liverpool Fc

After Man City’s latest defeat, Kevin De Bruyne has been urged to explore a move to Liverpool Fc

Stan Collymore, a former Anfield striker, believes Jurgen Klopp’s players would bring more out of the Belgian international in crucial games than his present Etihad teammates.

If Liverpool can afford him, Kevin De Bruyne should consider joining them this summer.

Former Liverpool star Stan Collymore strongly believes that winning the major honours with liverpool would be much more special than winning them with Manchester City.

Manchester City players celebrate after the second goal against Brentford(Photo Credit: Getty Images)

De Bruyne and his City teammates’ chances of clinching a Premier League and Champions League double were dashed on Wednesday night, as Real Madrid scored twice in stoppage time to force extra time.

Following City’s Champions League exit, Mirror Sport Collymore said:

“In August 2020, I wrote a column saying Kevin De Bruyne should go to Liverpool and, of course, at the time the comments on it were all, ‘Ha ha ha, why would he want to go there?’

“Well, those who took the time to reply are not laughing now and I can’t help wondering if it has crossed his mind that it might be time for a change.

“As a player, you know when you walk off the pitch whether or not you have had the impact you wanted to have on a game.

“And after City’s Champions League exit, I’m sure De Bruyne will have been looking around thinking, ‘Are other people as good as I am? Will they help get me to where I need to be? Do I need to go to a club which is a routine winning machine?’

“His effectiveness in the biggest one-off games for club and country is actually very poor and maybe it’s time for him to go to a Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich, a club, or more importantly organisation, that has that winning mentality which gets the best out of him.

“Look, Liverpool might not be able to afford his wages — City have the means to pay a player whatever he wants and my old club, big as they are, don’t.

“And he may well walk out of City one day saying, ‘I’ve won the lot here’, and I’ve no doubt City will ultimately win the Champions League.

“But the feeling of winning what he has won so far with City will not push him anywhere near the heights he could still get to if he was with one of those other clubs because of their histories.

“The difference is palpable and I wonder if KDB, who is from a family of Liverpool fans and whose hero was Michael Owen when he was younger, nekevineds that now to become the difference in the biggest games.

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