The Rondo - De Bruyne Leaving Manchester City

Bro, come on, bro. That goal against Real Madrid outside the box? Stop it, bro

Yeah, he's doing it. Gerrard, what? He's done the f***ing up. Kevin De Bruyne, one of the greatest Premier League midfielders of all time

is officially coming to an end of his Manchester City career. Is he Manchester City's best ever player of all time

Has to be, doesn't he? I can't, I mean, I can't think of anyone else. The closest is probably David Silva

But De Bruyne has played in every single iteration of Pep Guardiola's title winning teams

played a slightly different role in all of them, and been unbelievable throughout. Honestly, I think Kevin De Bruyne, he's changed the game in the way that midfielders must be played

Okay, okay. I think he did. He hasn't changed the game. He did change the game the way midfielders have played in the Premier League

No, he has not changed the game. Yes, he did. He's just done other things really well

No, okay. Have you ever seen a midfielder be able to come out wide and whip in a ball like a win

Steven Gerrard. Steven, Gerard was not whipping in crosses like that. Yes, he was

No, he was not, bro. Yes, he was. No, he was not, bro. De Bruyne is... With both feet

You think Gerard could whip it in with his left foot like that? Okay, so... Let me ask you this. Gerard's best five years, are they that much different than De Bruyne's best five years

Not really. Not at all. Not at all. You can arguably say De Bruyne won more

De Bruyne was probably better than Gerard. Yes. In his best years, I think he was

Are you trolling? We're not trolling. Are you trolling? Dude, you want to talk about goals and assists, that's your guy

But it's not about, it's not just about goals and assists. What about winning trophies? Steven Jard never won the Prem

Okay, so Steven Gerrard getting goals and assists. We're already getting off topic. Steven Gerrard getting goals and assists for a dog-sh** Liverpool team

Like a really bad Liverpool team. You know Steven Gerrard could have left. Wins them a Champions League final, right? Nice

So did Kevin De Bruyne. He won a Champions League final, but he still won the final

De Bruyne didn't play. Of course, but he still got them there. Yeah, he was there the whole way

He was integral. Come on, bro. That goal against Real Madrid outside the box, stop it, bro

Yeah, he's doing it. Gerrard, what? Liverpool are down 3-0 in the Champions League final

against, like, that Milan team, which is one of the best football teams of all time come back and win it on pens Where was De Bruyne His hamstring was gone not only not only a man city legend he a premier league he is a premier league and i think i think i think when

it comes down to it like if you look at history people are gonna vastly underrate kdb because he's

we have that relevancy kind of bias we're like yo things happen relevant like to what what like to

the time that we're in we're like okay it looks great right now but not amazing if we're gonna

look back at it now in like 20 30 years you're gonna look at kevin de bruyne he's gonna be like

His stats are going to stand out amongst a lot of the midfielders in the Premier League. Or even in the world

I agree with you. As we're talking about Kevin De Bruyne's legendary status

we also got to talk about where City goes from here. Who do you think in the world of football right now could replace Kevin De Bruyne

Jamal Musiala. Oh, wow. I don't mind that at all. I think that's what Man City do

I think Man City do a Q signing and they spend an absolute bag bringing Jamal Musiala

I have mine too. I have mine. I think Florian Wirtz. So you've just picked the other German

line. The other German line. Also, you've got to think about this. Kevin De Bruyne

came from Wolfsburg, had a great year there. He came to the Premier League, adapted very

well. So I don't see why Pep Guardiola would not try the same thing again. I mean, it's a similar

archetype, right? You're just looking at playmaking, sort of number 10, can play out wide

a little bit, could probably play deeper if you need. Don't love

it, but possible. Well, Musial is out of the question because Bayern's not going to let that

happen. Leverkusen is definitely likely to let Virch go. But I don't

know if that's... I think Leverkusen, sorry to cut you off. Leverkusen would rather

Verts go to Man City than Bayern. No, no, no. I'm saying that Bayern

won't let go of Musiala. If they let go of him, they let go of their future. Yeah, I think so too. I don't

think they let him go at any cost. Like, I don't think that there's a dollar value. I don't

think that it's worth $200 million for Bayern to let him go

Even if Musiala wants to go back to his boyhood club. They lose relevancy

If they lose Musiala, who's watching Bayern Munich? Bayern Munich. Yeah, that's true. That's their

guy, dude. I feel like this as you lose you lose like that it factor that people even talked about you guys like you have

Kane but but that's your promising guy like like Barca has your mall they have Musiala Madrid have

like and Bob like you know like but like you need that young star that like gets people feeling like the future is good too let me ask you guys something like this What if Verts goes to Bayern and then Bayern That what I was going to say That could happen but Bayern downgrading

You think Bayern's downgrading by getting Verts? I think so too. I think Musiala offers a whole different..

It's a tough conversation to be had. They are different kinds of footballers, aren't they

I think the guy that's sneaky that no one talks about is João Neves on PSG

But he's not really a 10 though, is he? but he would make your midfield a whole lot better

He would. The guy doesn't lose the ball. Like I think a guy, you look at Vitinha and João Neves

and you start to think, can one of those guys do the job? That's actually a decent shout

I don't mind it, but I think João Neves probably doesn't have the Premier League body or physicality

Tough to say after what he just did to Liverpool. Yeah. If you say that again, him and Vitinha didn't matter how big they are

They were running rings around your midfield. They made Liverpool's midfield look like they couldn't run, bro

Bad, bro. And it's like when you're so technical at that level, Well, a lot of people don't realize, like, the physical ability does not matter if you don't lose the ball

But they're physical, too. Joao Neves is. I don't think Vitinha's. I mean, it comes down to the way you use your body

Vitinha got cooked in the Premier League. Joao Neves. It was terrible. Yeah, that's true. Joao Neves, in the 110th minute, was moving like it was

He just can't. He just got subbed in. It was unbelievable. Yeah, we're going to need to get started

We are, for real. But that's my guy for Man City. I like that. That's my pick. So, for you, it's

Joao Neves. And for you, it's? Musiala. And for me, it's Florian Verts. Okay, I like those

But now we're going to play a game. Is Kevin De Bruyne more influential than these Premier League midfielders? No

Number one, Steven Gerrard. No. Absolutely. Yes, I think it is. Frank Lampard

Absolutely more influential. No. I don't think for Frank Lampard. I don't think Frank Lampard

N'Golo Kante. KDB more influential than N'Golo Kante. Yes, probably because Kante doesn't get the credit he deserves

You? Yes, a thousand percent. I think N'Golo Kante is not above Kevin De Bruyne

He had too few seasons to do it. Like, it wasn't as many seasons as De Bruyne

I think if N'Golo Kante was able to last that momentum a couple more seasons

he did get very injury-prone. His legs just ran out, didn't he? Yeah, legs ran out. Paul Scholes

No De Bruyne are way more influential Yeah I would agree with that I agree that too I was going to say the Scalzi hatred just lined up It not even Scalzi hatred I just feel like Paul Scalzi he could ping a ball anywhere

But it's like the other aspects of his game. What else did he really offer? It's not even that, though

It's how good De Bruyne. I think we forget about how it's only last year and the years before

that De Bruyne was by far the best. The best Matilda. Yo, I'm not going to lie

De Bruyne stepping on the field some games frighten me, bro. For years, De Bruyne was like, you couldn't even touch him

Yaya Torre. Kevin De Bruyne more influential. Pep tried to get rid of Yaya, didn't he

Around this time. One of his first moves was to get rid of Yaya Torre and restructure the midfield so De Bruyne was in it

Yeah, you'd probably have to say yes, wouldn't he? Because De Bruyne was the foundational piece and basically kicked Yaya out

Cesc Fabregas. De Bruyne. De Bruyne. Yeah, De Bruyne. Last but not least, Roger

When it all is said and done, who do you think is going to be more influential for the club? Still early for that because Rodri could have a couple more good years, but De Bruyne

I think it's tough because you got to think. I think Rodri won a Ballon d'Or. If you're going to build a statue tomorrow outside of Man City, it would be weird if it was Rodri

Oh, yeah, absolutely. I mean, it would be weird if it's De Bruyne too. He's still playing. Would it though

If they build this statue next year, are you weirded out by that

Before Aguero? I don't know, man. Aguero had the one moment. De Bruyne had years

Aguero's the Premier League's what, third time top goal scorer? But I feel like this is why it's hard to compare eras, right

Because if you don't have Aguero's moment, you don't have De Bruyne

No. So it's tough. De Bruyne are probably more influential than Rodri

but Rodri is like the archetype of that position. Rodri's like the Busquets of that Barcelona team

Yes. And all right, in the case of world-class midfielders of all time

Zinedine Zidane, the Xavi, the Iniesta, that class, that elite group of midfielders that people look at like above

I think arguably above than like the Lampard and Gerrard in the Premier League. Do you think Kevin De Bruyne crosses that ceiling

No. No? No. I do, yeah. I think when 10 years goes by and you remember Man City

you remember De Bruyne. I think that's the guy that you think of