Kevin De Bruyne's time in Manchester City is coming to an end and Napoli wants to land the Belgian playmaker – who is reportedly bought a house in Italy
Napoli President Aurelio de Laurentiis has claimed that Kevin De Bruyne is about to sign for the Italian club. The Belgian will leave Manchester City and reportedly bought a house in Naples.
De Bruyne is looking for a new club after the Premier League club had confirmed that they would not offer him a new deal. Initially there was the 33-year-old who remained in the top flight of England, but the player later decided to move abroad.
Napoli has just claimed the Serie A title with Antonio Conte at the helm and he wants to strengthen his team. They have benefited from Premier League recurrences with Scott McTominay have been excel since his move from Manchester United.
The club's president has now been open about their pursuit of the playmaker of the city, who remained a top performance when he is fit. The Laurentiis stopped confirming the signing but has been in discussion with the player.
He said Rai: “I believe he has already bought a beautiful villa. This morning I had a video chat with him, his wife and their 9-year-old boy and it was a wonderful photo.” He was then when the move was official and answered: “Not yet. Until it is in black and white, not news.”
De Bruyne played his last game for City on Sunday during their Premier League win in Fulham. His contributions to the Etihad were recognized in the last home game of the club of the season. The Belgian said: “I wanted to play with creativity, with passion I wanted to enjoy football and I hope everyone enjoyed it.
“Everyone from the inside and outside the club made me so much better than before, it was an absolute honor to play with these guys. I made friends for life, I am definitely back.”
Conte's future as a Napoli manager is far from safe, with Max Allegri being set up as his replacement if the club cannot agree on their next steps with the ex-Chelsea boss, who has shown that he is willing to run jobs when he and the hierarchy are not tuned.
He is willing to stay, but Il Mattino reports that he wants Napoli to sign a top player in every area of ​​the team – so that they can eventually bring nine new faces if he gets it. Napoli should also increase their wage budget from £ 68 million to just over £ 90 million.