Kevin De Bruyne is well known for setting up goals on the pitch - but off it it looks like he's been kept busy...
(Image credit: Kevin De Bruyne/Getty Images)
Kevin De Bruyne has clarified speculation over a supposed collaboration with rapper Drake (yes, you really did read that right).
While the Manchester City midfielder has missed the entirety of the 2023/24 season - barring the first 20 minutes against Burnley on the Premier League opening day - eagle-eyed fans suggested that he had found other ways of making assists.
This time, though, the assist came off the pitch, after 'K. De Bruyne' was listed as a co-writer on Drake's new song Wick Man, which is part of the Canadian rapper's surprise EP release Scary Hours 3. The Belgian initially went along with the speculation, too, tweeting that "Drake needed an assist".
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Unfortunately for every football fan who would've loved to see De Bruyne linked to a Drake song, though, he quickly denied he had anything to do with the song writing.
"All jokes aside, it's not me! Huge fan though!" De Bruyne said.
De Bruyne is slowly getting back to full fitness ahead of making assists on the pitch for Erling Haaland once again, with Pep Guardiola stating that the 32-year-old is "feeling good" but is still a few weeks off returning to full training.
De Bruyne hopes to return as soon as possible from his injury (Image credit: Mark Leech/Offside/Offside via Getty Images)
“I spoke with him and he said he feels really good,” the Manchester City manager said. “He’s not training with us yet and I don’t know when he will. I would say he's in the last phase before he trains with us again.
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“I think (that could be soon), but I don’t know. This kind of injury… it’s better we don’t put pressure on him. If the physio says next step, next step… no pressure.
“Recover, it's not necessary to take the wrong or bad decision and then you’re back (where you were) again. Kevin’s was a bad injury with surgery, so it’s step by step.”
Ryan is a staff writer for FourFourTwo, joining the team full-time in October 2022. He first joined Future in December 2020, working across FourFourTwo, Golf Monthly, Rugby World and Advnture's websites, before eventually earning himself a position with FourFourTwo permanently. After graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in Journalism and Communications, Ryan earned a NCTJ qualification to further develop as a writer while a Trainee News Writer at Future.
