Belgian playmaker Kevin De Bruyne has signed a contract extension with Manchester City keeping him at the club until 2023, the Premier League leaders said on Monday. “I am really happy to have signed this new deal,” De Bruyne, who joined the Citizens from Wolfsburg in 2015, told mancity.com. “As I’ve said previously, my intention has always been to stay here at City, where I’ve felt at home from day one. City announced the contract extension at the same time that cross-town rivals Manchester United revealed they had signed Alexis Sanchez. He was then widely expected to head to the Etihad this month until City baulked at Arsenal’s asking price, leaving United to steal in and snatch Sanchez.

Source: Punch January 22, 2018 19:30 UTC