No one feels sorry for the Premier League’s highest-paid player (before Haaland negotiated a monster deal last year), if the player has to take a big pay cut. Still, when clubs from the “Ronaldo league” are ready to make De Bruyne one of the world’s highest-paid players, the Belgian has a choice to make. What matters most, when you’re already rich and still more gunpowder in your bones?
Napoli took the Serie A title on Friday, this opens the way for the signing of one of the world’s best midfielders. This time, the Italian club does not intend to meet the title with a stumble the following season. De Bruyne is the reinforcement that increases the likelihood of this.
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For De Bruyne, a great opportunity to steer clear of Premier League rivals City, but still play for titles and Champions League success. So what does the 33-year-old have to “give up”?
According to transfer journalist Romano, Napoli are offering a three-year contract with 6 million euros for the first two seasons, 5 million euros the last. In other words, down sharply from around 25 million euros in annual salary at City.
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With a sign-on bonus on top of that, De Bruyne should not suffer any hardship. This is an offer that gives the Belgian enough to “butter on the bread”, while at the same time he can compete for the biggest titles.
