De Bruyne rejected €70m per year to play for Jorge Jesus’ team
Belgian also said ‘no’ to Al Hilal’s multimillion-dollar offer
Like Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne also turned down many millions of euros last summer to play for Al Hilal.
According to The Athletic , the 32-year-old Belgian international had in his hands a proposal of 70 million euros per year to transfer to the team coached by Jorge Jesus, who before the Belgian had already carried out a ‘raid’ for Bernardo Silva , equally unsuccessful.
De Bruyne has a contract with Manchester City until 2025 and, according to the same source, he intends to renew it and then retire from the pitch as a player for the current three-time English champion, despite Al Hilal keeping the door open for the deal can be carried out next summer. The creative arrived at the Etihad in 2015, after paying 75 million euros to Wolfsburg, and is already a true club legend, having played 367 games (98 goals, 161 assists) and 17 titles.
