Players and coaches · 13 dispatches
Kevin De Bruyne
All dispatches about Kevin De Bruyne. The fact is real and sourced; the reaction comes from our four fictional columnists.
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Courtois dropped from the Red Devils WhatsApp: the gaffer digs out his delegate’s list
Thibaut Courtois, who missed the Nations League games, is back for the Euro 2028 qualifiers under Mark van Bommel. The Real Madrid goalkeeper denies sulking over a starting place and says he…
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Lukaku scores after the 6-0 at Villa, an amateur gaffer writes down his reaction method
Starting on Saturday, Romelu Lukaku scored his first goal for Fenerbahçe, who won 3-0 three days after a 6-0 defeat at Aston Villa. The striker says his adaptation is over.
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Napoli rest De Bruyne and Højlund, then lose in Venice: Freddy rethinks his rotation
Napoli lost 1-0 on Saturday at Venezia, bottom of Serie A, in round 7. Massimiliano Allegri had rested Kevin De Bruyne and Rasmus Højlund after the Champions League defeat to Villarreal; both…
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De Bruyne plays deeper and scores twice: Marcel misses numbers 1 to 11
Kevin De Bruyne, used in a deeper role, scored twice in Napoli’s 3-0 win over Frosinone on 10 October 2026. He told Football Italia he has always been a Number 8 or…
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Belgium lead 1-0 until the 77th minute, lose 4-1: the thermometer has seen it all
France beat Belgium 4-1 at the Stade de France in the Nations League, scoring four goals in 14 minutes after Dodi Lukebakio’s opener. Nathan Ngoy told Sporza that Belgium had sat too…
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Van Bommel says Belgium break records in the data, Louise looks for them before Paris
Ahead of Monday’s Nations League match against France in Paris, Mark van Bommel says Belgium broke records in each of their first three games: high-intensity runs, distances covered, sprints. Kevin De Bruyne…
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Three from three for Van Bommel, but France without De Bruyne or Tielemans
Mark van Bommel has won his third game in three with Belgium, 3-0 against Turkey at Sclessin. Kevin De Bruyne, booked, and Youri Tielemans will be suspended for the France match.
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Defour tired after 45 minutes just watching De Bruyne run, Louise investigates
Steven Defour says he was tired after 45 minutes against Italy just from watching Kevin De Bruyne run. De Bruyne himself was substituted after about an hour in Mark van Bommel’s first…
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Degryse sees Seys as a starter left and right, Freddy has one full-back for both
After Belgium’s 0-1 defeat to France, Marc Degryse reckons Joaquin Seys is knocking harder and harder on the door of a starting spot, at left-back as well as right-back.
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Van Bommel calls De Bruyne Belgium’s greatest ever, Marcel puts his paper down
After the Red Devils’ win over Italy, his first match in charge, Mark van Bommel rated Kevin De Bruyne better than at the World Cup and called him the best player in…
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De Bruyne to hand Red Devils the controls, Louise hunts the wheel
Kevin De Bruyne confirmed, on the eve of Italy-Belgium, that he is staying with the Red Devils. He said many teammates asked him to stay after the World Cup, which gave him…
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Xavi, first foreign coach of the Netherlands since Happel, Marcel remembers
Xavi Hernández becomes the first foreign coach of the Netherlands since Ernst Happel, whose ten-month spell ended in 1978, on Thursday. He faces Jürgen Klopp’s Germany at the Johan Cruyff Arena in…