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Man City's victory over Wolves brought Man City to the top 3 of the Premier League at this time with a difference of 2 points with Newcastle. And this position will depend again on the results of the Brighton vs Newcastle match.

The only goal from De Bruyne made Man City win. And this reminds us of how De Bruyne will be next. This may be a very valuable moment, the decisive goal scorer, and De Bruyne only has 1 more match at the Etihad during this season.

Manchester City no longer want to keep Kevin in their club in order to reduce salary cap of the club, and to create space for new and young players joining and growing up. They don't want to build up their squad around an old player like Kevin but if they don't have too bad performances in this season and their finance was not afffected too much, they might use Kevin as a substitution and he surely will make good contributions for the club.

Unfortunately the big decision was made weeks ago, and Kevin will play his last matches for Manchester City before his departure. He will be missed by Manchester City fans after all amazing goals, assists and moments he has shown in about one decade.

It's very unfortunate that City won't continue his contract, because when I look at how he creates a fantastic goal and gives the winning for the city, KDB is still much needed for the club. He is indeed old, but his performance is still good for a contribution. I don't know how if the city would be without him, the city will lose its motor attack, he's irreplaceable at the moment, the existing squad is no longer to replace his position.

Florian Wirtz is quite expensive, about 120-150 Million Euro, so if we talk about money, the city will require a lot of Money to recruit him, and it's not so efficient when I compare to keep KDB on the club. We haven't talked yet about Florian Wirtz's salary, which I think would be higher than KDB's.

KDB is still total chaos for defenders when he is on the field. But that “when” is the problem, isn’t it? His soft-tissue injurieshave caused him to miss about 40% of league minutes this season alone. We are discussing over 2100 possible minutes per season where City is learning to operate without him and, frankly, succeeding. Foden is cooking in central roles, and Guardiola’s gradually shifted the creative load to be more distributed across the midfield, with Bernardo, Kovacic, and even Rodri offering control and press resistance instead of vertical explosiveness

Regarding the money, Wirtz won’t earn more than KDB initially. KDB makes £400K a week; Wirtz projects something like £ 275K. But the real dent is the €150M fee amortized over 5 years, which adds ~£25M/year to City’s books under FFP. Still, if you view it from a long-term asset management lens, Wirtz is 22 and entering his peak. KDB’s resale value is practically zero now. City’s planning beyond this season, and Wirtz fits that so much