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.
Still, even though there are several players who can be an option to replace De Bruyne in the end this will hamper performance a little especially in these weeks there are several important matches where they have to face Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup and Newcastle in the second week of the EPL.
They are still the favorites but De Bruyne's absence in the squad has now disrupted their attack and midfield.
Currently it is rumored that Pep is also thinking of some considerations to find the right player to replace De Bruyne and there could be new players entering in the rest of the summer transfer this time.