The City Star is reflected: I thought he was an asshole I didn't dare write my future wife

Today they are Manchester City's best friends, but before De Bruyne came to “Etid”, the Belgian did not have a positive opinion of Raheem Sterling.

Before I came to City, I never met it, and I didn't know what it really was like. I had been impressed by what I read in English newspapers, and I expected it to be another character. I thought he was a bad boy. The pictures said he was arrogant. I thought he was a little asshole.

But it turned out quite the opposite”, says De Bruyne during a confession to “Players Tribune”, during which he also shows how he met his wife, Michel, who married in 2017 and today has two children. It was borrowed from Werder Bremman during 2012. Michel liked his post from the match.

He liked it, but as a timid boy, he did not muster up the courage to write. His friend did it instead of 27 years old, and the rest is history:

“I'm supposed to be a great footballer, but I didn't have the guts to write to my future wife. Fortunately, my friend sent a message, and she answered. We started dating. It was beautiful. She changed my life in many ways. Honestly, I don't know what I'd do without it being”