JAKARTA - Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne hinted that the 2022 World Cup would be his last year defending the Belgian national team. The reason is, De Bruyne has planned to retire.
De Bruyne first played for Belgium when his country finished third at the Russian World Cup four years ago and reached the quarter-finals in Brazil in 2014. However, this year is likely to be his last chance for De Bruyne with Belgium.
The main reason De Bruyne hints that he will hang up his shoes is because he is no longer young. De Bruyne is now 31 years old.
"I'm definitely 31 years old and I don't know what's going to happen in four years. It's unknown (time). There's no point worrying or thinking about it. I accept it as it is and try and play as well as possible," De Bruyne was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail, Monday.
Previously, De Bruyne was often the mainstay of the Belgian national team in several international matches. Despite starting to think about retirement, De Bruyne remains relaxed ahead of the start of next month's Qatari World Cup, especially after he scored Manchester City's 1-0 win over Leicester in the 2022-2023 Premier League.
De Bruyne even admitted that she was very excited to look at the 2022 World Cup which will start on November 20 to December 18 in Qatar. Because, for him that moment was the third time he appeared to defend the country.
"I'm excited. It's going to be a third and always special. This show is really good because everyone is watching it. It's big but it's useless to be stressed about it," said De Bruyne.
"Ini adalah ketiga kalinya saya, saya mengerti apa yang akan datang dan saya tidak dapat berbicara untuk orang lain yang akan berada di sana untuk pertama kalinya," tandasnya.
At the 2022 World Cup, De Bruyne confirmed that he would take his family on a trip to Qatar for the Belgian game. Where Belgium is in Group F with Canada, Morocco and Croatia.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
