Of course the downside of this is that with this happening now rather than next week they still have plenty of time to get something done to bring in a replacement.
It is starting to appear that De Bruyne will be one of those players who fades away due to injury rather than losing a step on the field. At 32, injuries are becoming more frequent and the recoveries are getting longer.
It was a bad decision to play him against Burnley as he’s not trained properly all summer due to the hamstring injury. They rushed him back and this is the result.
Sounds nasty. Could be the end of high-level De Bruyne. Seems to me he had another spell off soft-tissue stuff where he missed two or three months, and their form dipped without him.