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'Keep your thoughts to yourself!': Graeme Souness BLASTS Belgium star Kevin De Bruyne over claims the national side were 'too old' to compete in Qatar... as pundit insists comments 'would not have spread a happy atmosphere' in Red Devils camp

ITV pundit Graeme Souness has hit out at Kevin De Bruyne's pre-tournament quotes claiming that Belgium's squad were 'too old' to compete for the World Cup.

Ahead of the tournament commencing, the Manchester City playmaker made bold claims his national side had 'no chance' of winning it because they are 'too old'.

And after the Red Devils crashed out over the competition in the group stages - after failing to beat Croatia - Souness ripped into the Belgian and claimed his comments were 'totally unnecessary'.

Kevin De Bruyne claimed that the Belgian national side were 'too old' to win the World Cup

Kevin De Bruyne claimed that the Belgian national side were 'too old' to win the World Cup

Graeme Souness ripped into the playmaker for the timing of his 'unnecessary' comments

Speaking about De Bruyne's comments, on ITV, Souness said: 'Totally unnecessary.