The combination of Gundogan and De Bruyne at that midfield last season was something I will refer to as a wicked combination. The duo were spectacular in their performance, maybe the absence of Gundogan and the injury of De Bruyne has brought a little setback on the midfield performance of the city side, the Rumour of Toni kroos coming to city is something I don't see happening.
I have no clue how many people realize that the midfield Gundogan + De Bruyne was the essence of the game of Manchester City last season. Their combined scorer points were through the roof, but apart from the scorer points they had an inconceivable control over and impact on the game of Manchester City. The ball control, the passing, but also their switches between defense and offense, it was just impressive. The only other duo that has ever played on that level and which comes to my mind now is Kroos + Modric. Is is fun to watch these guys play together, or let's say it was fun to watch them when they both were in their prime and the same was last season for Gundogan and De Bruyne.