Kevin De Bruyne
While Kevin De Bruyne has settled into life at Manchester City and has quickly become part of the furniture at the Etihad Stadium, it might have all been so different.
The playmaker moved to former club Wolfsburg from Chelsea after being deemed surplus to requirements by Jose Mourinho. However, the midfielder has revealed that current Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp wanted De Bruyne for Borussia Dortmund, the club he was then managing.
“I had a personal agreement [with Klopp],” De Bruyne began, speaking to the Telegraph as per Goal.
“I asked the club [Chelsea] to go because I had a good feeling about Dortmund at the time. I had been good in Germany and he [Klopp] really wanted me because [Mario] Gotze went to Bayern Munich.
“He called me, and said ‘You will be the No 1’ at a team who had been second in the Bundesliga and in the Champions League final.”
Had De Bruyne moved to BVB—Champions League regulars—rather than Wolfsburg, would City have been able to have signed him last summer?
One way or another, City certainly have Mourinho to thank for the arrival of the precocious Belgian talent!