De Bruyne now joins other players who have a long contract with Pep Guardiola’s team
Kevin de Bruyne sign a new contract with Manchester City until June 2025 and he became the highest paid player in the clubBut he did it in a very different way than most footballers usually do.
The No. 17 t-shirt has no agent, so he negotiated the deal directly with the City board. Without an agent arguing in his favor, de Bruyne used the services of a technology team, according to English newspapers.
The idea of using Big Data experts, which consists of an immense data set, to calculate its value and show the size of its importance within the English cast, arose from the Belgian star.
Contracted for 76 million euros in 2015, from the Wolfsburg, De Bruyne adds 255 matches with the Manchester City. The midfielder has 65 goals, 110 assists and eight titles, including two in the Premier League; and everything seems to indicate that this season will raise for the third time the highest title offered by English football.
By showing the report with its numbers, performance and market value, the Belgian convinced the board to give him a new contract. De Bruyne he now earns £ 300,000 a week, about $ 412,000.
Analysts hired by the midfielder also made a projection of what Manchester City could do in the next four years, when the player-club contract ends. The experts analyzed the value and age of each player in the English squad, data that encouraged De Bruyne to stay at the Etihad Stadium.
“Signing this contract was a quick decision. This team is made for success and offers me everything I need to maximize my football,” the player said on the official website of the Manchester City.
De Bruyne he now joins other players who have a long contract with the Pep Guardiola. In this group the defense stands out Rúben Dias, Linked to the club until 2026, Bernardo Silva, Ederson, Aymeric Laporte, João Cancelo, Ferran Torres i Nathan Aké, All with fine contract 2025.
Next in the list of city is Raheem Sterling, who has a contract until June 2023, as well as the Brazilian Gabriel Jesus, the Algerian Riad Mahrez and the German Ilkay Gündogan, An important figure in the current season.