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Report: Man City player ‘rejected’ contract offer in January, 29 y/o was ‘annoyed at negotiations’

Manchester City have handed new deals to Ilkay Gundogan, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kyle Walker, Bernardo Silva and Aymeric Laporte in the last two years (Transfermarkt) and wanted to tie down Kevin De Bruyne to a long-term contract this season, but Paul Hirst of The Times revealed he ‘rejected’ their offer in January as he was ‘annoyed at the slow pace negotiations’.

Go behind the scenes from August 2015 when Kevin De Bruyne joined Manchester City from Wolfsburg. The Belgian has been a key part of City's domestic dominance over the past six years.