Indeed, debruyne has been collecting lots of assists last season and missing him is greatly affecting the performance from city but it's not only that. City has lost also a player that was consistently scoring too. De bruyne was always consistently scoring a lot as attacking midfielders in any season and missing him was a disaster for manchester city. It feels like city lost its souls since de bruyne has always become the key player that was always organizing the attack from manchester city.
Losing him likes losing someone who who can distribute the idea that out of the box to its opponent. De bruyne has become the main partner of haaland since these guys have very strong chemistry right now.
Pep needs to find his replacement or they will be losing a lot. Manchester city is still able making its comeback again as long as pep will able to get the right partner for haaland that can perform as good as de bruyne.
This is why manchester city has been projecting some names to be recruited by manchester city to be a successor for him. I hope that all of plans will be going so well for pep guardiola.
Kevin De Bruyne's injury is one that'll last a while and may likely cause him to loose from upon recovery. He'd need some time off to get back himself and his agility to match Guardiola's football. He's a quick picking player and he's going to be able to bounce back. With KDB back into the squad sooner or later we could see city move up the standings
No doubt, City misses him as he's got this special effect he gives to the team, a few things has changed since his absence and his absence is felt in a minut level. Al Nassr got their eyes on him and no doubt it's his decision to go there or not, even though he'd cause a lot of impact in the team too. Al Nassr move won't be a bad option though but the guy has still got some displays to do. His contract with City will expire soon and then we'd know his way forward in the footballing journey.