{"id":565621,"date":"2020-09-12T08:33:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T12:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=565621"},"modified":"2020-09-12T08:34:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T12:34:44","slug":"kevin-de-bruyne-not-upset-lionel-messi-staying-at-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/12\/kevin-de-bruyne-not-upset-lionel-messi-staying-at-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin De Bruyne Not Upset Lionel Messi is Staying at Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin De Bruyne<\/a> has said he ‘really does not care’ that Manchester City<\/a>\u00a0missed out on signing Lionel Messi<\/a> in this summer’s transfer window.<\/p>\n

The Argentinian great had appeared set to leave Barcelona this summer. However, both the club and La Liga<\/a> blocked any free transfer away for the 33-year-old. As such, Messi reluctantly decided to stay in Catalonia, at least for one more season.<\/p>\n

Kevin De Bruyne Not Upset Manchester City Have Missed Out on Lionel Messi<\/h2>\n

Belgian Midfielder Describes Messi as the Best Player of All Time<\/h3>\n

Manchester City were billed as the favourites to sign Messi this summer. The club’s financial clout, coupled with the presence of former Bar\u00e7a manager Pep Guardiola<\/a>, had seemingly made an eye-catching transfer possible.<\/p>\n

Messi, however, was unwilling to fight his way out of Barcelona and enter into a legal battle with the club. His U-turn extinguished any chances of a move to the Premier League<\/a>, but De Bruyne is unperturbed by those developments.<\/p>\n

Asked whether he is upset to miss out on the chance of playing with Messi, the Belgian was open in his response.<\/p>\n

“I really don’t care. I really don’t,” said the 29-year-old to the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“If he would have come, it would have helped us, because for me, he has been the best player of all time. But I am never looking at what players may come and what may happen.<\/p>\n

“You play with the players you have and I think we have a pretty good team in that respect. It would be stupid of me to assume what would happen if a certain player came. It happens in football all the time. People are supposed to come and eventually they don’t.”<\/p>\n

De Bruyne and the rest of his City team-mates begin their Premier League season away to Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/a> on 21 September.<\/p>\n

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