I ask Lacroix if De Bruyne finds it easy to turn off from football. “Yes. He comes home and it’s like, ‘Oh my God, I need a break’, so he’ll watch NBA or Formula One. If he’s injured and City plays, me and the kids just leave him alone in front of the television, because when something goes wrong he shouts. I’m like, nothing is going to change, then he shouts at us, and I’m like, OK, let him just watch the game, and after he’s like, sorry!” De Bruyne, who turns 32 later this month, placed third in voting for the Ballon d'Or award for 2022, awarded in October to Karim Benzema with Sadio Mané in second place. It was his highest individual international honor. What a load of s***': Alan Shearer leads the outrage as Newcastle are denied a famous win over PSG by a very harsh injury-time penalty… as 'fuming' Jermaine Jenas says Toon were 'robbed' The WHO recommends that you clean hands with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water before putting on a mask.

Kevin De Bruyne has returned to action for Manchester City ahead of schedule as he declared himself happy with his fitness. Fans joke Everton star Dele Alli should be 'arrested' after footage of PINK summer haircut is revealed online, with one keen on seeing Sean Dyche's reaction

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Are Mason, six, and Rome, almost four, promising footballers? “No,” he says. “They don’t play.” Are they not interested? “I don’t know,” he says, as if he’s never considered it. “They like to go to the football. My oldest plays piano a bit and likes to run. He’s a good runner.”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's son is selected for Sweden Under 15s boot camp... as former national team manager plays down comparisons Howard Webb insists VAR was RIGHT to allow Anthony Gordon's winner for Newcastle against Arsenal... but says two players should have been sent off That fantasy notion was crushed last weekend when City were surprisingly beaten 2-1 at Wolves as Guardiola watched on from the Molineux stands while serving a one-match suspension.

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany added: "I hope he [De Bruyne] is going to be fine. What a player he is." The Caribbean connection: Cole Palmer's grandad reveals his family's journey from St Kitts to Manchester It’s serious – a big blow, really tough for us,” Guardiola said. “We have to decide whether he has surgery or no surgery but it will be a few months out. In the next days we will decide on surgery. The injury is a big loss, Kevin has specific qualities. You can lose him for one or two games but for a long time it’s really tough for us. But you have to look forward.

De Bruyne says too much was made of his time at Chelsea when he left, and too much was made when he returned to the Premier League a couple of years later with Manchester City. “When I came here people said, ‘Chelsea reject.’ No, I was just a young boy who didn’t play and was there for six months. I was really young.” Gavi is embraced by his Barcelona team-mates and coaches as the midfielder visits their training ground for the first time since season-ending injury On 31 January 2012, Chelsea signed him from Genk for a five and a half year contract but would stay with Genk till the end of that season and would join Chelsea before the 2012-2013 season. He made his debut for the club against Seattle Sounders FC in a friendly on 18 July 2012. That is a load of b******s': Boxing legend Tony Bellew reacts furiously after his team lost a challenge on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!He has his own pop-up clothing line “KDB”. A portion of the proceeds from his business goes to the Special Olympics. He became the ambassador for Special Olympics in 2014. MARK CLATTENBURG: Newcastle are right to feel robbed by PSG's late penalty... the referee's decision to... To lose De Bruyne after just 20 minutes of the new season and for the rest of 2023 certainly stings. But he might not sit out the rest of the year after all if Pep Guardiola's latest comments are anything to go off.