Manchester City must honor the incredible decade of service from Kevin de Bruyne to the club by ordering a special statue celebrating the magnificent Etihad career in the midfield.
The news was confirmed immediately after the penultimate confrontation of the first League of Tuesday evening of the 2024/25 season at home in Bournemouth, which marked the last appearance of 33-year-old Etihad for the club.
After a successful success of 10 years in City, during which he played more than 400 games, helping the club win 19 major trophies, from Bruyne will spend in summer.
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A full house passionate about Etihad paid her own salvation in motion and his tributes to one of the biggest players in the club before, during and after the confrontation of cherries.
And speaking immediately after what was an evening full of emotion with the presenter of Matchday Live Natalie Pike, from Bruyne revealed how proud he was and honored that he had granted such a special tribute in the form of a statue.
“It means that I will always be part of this club,” he said.
“Whenever I come back with my family and friends, I will be able to see myself so I will always be there.”
In addition to the confirmation of the statue, as part of a special ceremony on the ground following the final whistle, Kevin also received a special formulation shirt signed by all the teammates and the staff as well as a city season for life while a special video tribute was played on the Grand Etihad screen.
By obtaining the honor of having a statue ordered on his behalf, by Bruyne will follow in the illustrious traces of a number of other players in the totemic city who have also been recognized for their seismic contributions to the club.
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In 2021, two emblematic statues were revealed outside the Etihad to celebrate former captain Vincent Kompany, and midfielder Marvel David Silva, who both played such a decisive role in helping to establish City as one of the pre -eminent forces of the game during more than a decade.
This was then followed in 2022 by another celebration statue, this time in Sergio Aguero, in recognition of the top scorer of the club’s record whose famous strike 93:20 secured the first title of the city’s premier League in 2012.
The rich history of the city was then recognized in 2023 by what was our last statue, this time in honor of the emblematic trio Mike Summerbee, Francis Lee and Colin Bell who recognized the combined 30 -year service that the three legendaries gave City from the 1960s.
Now from Bruyne will see his own enormous recognition in the last 10 years honored in perpetuity with his own richly deserved statue.
Earlier in what was a day filled with enormous emotions and gratitude; Kevin was present during a ceremony at the CFA where a special mosaic honoring his enormous contribution to the club was unveiled by the president of the city, Khaldoon Al Mubarak.
Kevin’s mosaic was also the last in a series of these moving tributes to the legends of the city, Yaya Toure, Joe Hart, David Silva, Vincent Kompany, Sergio Aguero, Fernandinho and Ilkay Gundogan.