Quote from: Sebas.tian on Today at 06:49:39 AM

Quote from: Velvet78

De Bruyne's absence will be really important for Manchester City. Because he is like one of the most important players together with Haaland now. His productivity makes big difference for the team. Now he is expected to be out around four months due to injury. This must be really sad for Guardiola at the same time.

I wonder how his plans will be from now on. Manchester City need to stay productive to maintain a good run. De Bruyne has played a big role in the team so far with his distribution of passes and great shots. He has a big responsibility in the team so I wonder who will try to make up for him. Maybe Foden would be Guardiola's choice there.

I don't think, De Bruyne absence will affect Manchester city performance because there are potential players on bench who can handle his position very well till he recover from injury, because people will use that four months to know if truly Manchester city manager is a talented manager because one tree can never make a forest. This is the time Pep Guardiola to go and work hard because this can be a test for Manchester city president to Pep Guardiola to know how strong he is to the team, and what he will do Incas all those players be release to other teams in future. I believe Erling Haaland will definitely do things that will make Manchester city to maintain that first position till De Bruyne recover from injury to keep the good name of the team.

De Bruyne played in 49 games in total in the previous season. He had direct or indirect contribution to 41 goals. Therefore his absence will definitely be felt by everyone in the team. I also hope that Guardiola can find a good solution to his absence to prevent a big productivity loss for the team and I believe he will.

De Bruyne and Haaland has a great relationship in games now. Thanks to this good cooperation Manchester City have been even more productive at scoring goals. Players like Bernardo Silva can also make great assists to Haaland. Therefore I think Bernardo Silva's value is even bigger now.