According to sports insider Ben Jacobs, the captain of the Belgian national football team, midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, who left the English Premier League (EPL) club Manchester City, is considering two options for continuing his career.
According to the source, the 33-year-old midfielder recently agreed the terms of a contract with the Italian Serie A team Napoli, while simultaneously considering the offer from Chicago Fire from MLS. Recall that journalist Fabrizio Romano reported about the interest of CF97 to De Bruyne on April 16.
The Chicago club is ready to pay De Bruyne at least 12 million dollars a year, which is twice as much as the offer of Napoli. The Belgian will make the final decision considering the interests of his family and his plans to prepare for the World Cup in 2026.
April 4, De Bruyne announced his decision to leave the location of the Citizens, with whom he played since August 2015, at the end of the season-2024/2025. Together with City, the midfielder became a six-time English champion (2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, 2023/2024) and the winner of the UEFA Champions League season-2022/2023. On April 24, reporter Melissa Reddy published the news that five EPL clubs were interested in the Belgian.
In 28 games of the 2024/2025 EPL season, the midfielder has scored four goals and provided seven assists. Moreover, De Bruyne played in seven UEFA Champions League matches, without any goal involvements. According to Transfermarkt, the market value of the player is 27 million euros.
