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De Bruyne says too much was made of his time at Chelsea when he left, and too much was made when he returned to the Premier League a couple of years later with Manchester City. “When I came here people said, ‘Chelsea reject.’ No, I was just a young boy who didn’t play and was there for six months. I was really young.” Terry Venables through the years: Mail Sport's picture tribute to 'El Tel', who won the cup at Spurs and Chelsea and led England at Euro '96 I ask Lacroix to do an impression of him getting angry. “One time when he was injured he threw a bottle of water on the floor with full strength. He couldn’t walk but still managed to get up to the television to shout at it.” Arsenal legend Freddie Ljungberg reveals the ONE weakness he thinks Arsene Wenger's Invincibles had as he admits Champions League regretMarcus Rashford has often turned to England for solace from his Man United woes... but now he faces a growing challenge for a Euro 2024 place De Bruyne missed City's preseason fixtures but made his return in the second half of the Community Shield defeat to Arsenal. But the starts made by not only Arsenal but also Tottenham and Liverpool suggests that won't necessarily be the case.

But he could simply retire, live a life of luxury, make up for lost time on the self-indulgence and dossing front. I ask Lacroix if De Bruyne finds it easy to turn off from football. “Yes. He comes home and it’s like, ‘Oh my God, I need a break’, so he’ll watch NBA or Formula One. If he’s injured and City plays, me and the kids just leave him alone in front of the television, because when something goes wrong he shouts. I’m like, nothing is going to change, then he shouts at us, and I’m like, OK, let him just watch the game, and after he’s like, sorry!”

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On 31 January 2012, Chelsea signed him from Genk for a five and a half year contract but would stay with Genk till the end of that season and would join Chelsea before the 2012-2013 season. He made his debut for the club against Seattle Sounders FC in a friendly on 18 July 2012.