{"id":298592,"date":"2023-12-19T15:24:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=298592"},"modified":"2023-12-19T15:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:24:35","slug":"gvardiol-and-nunes-starstruck-at-kevin-de-bruynes-training-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/gvardiol-and-nunes-starstruck-at-kevin-de-bruynes-training-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Gvardiol and Nunes &apos;starstruck&apos; at Kevin De Bruyne&apos;s training return"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Man City fans marvel over &#8216;starstruck&#8217; Josko Gvardiol and Matheus Nunes&#8217; reaction to Kevin De Bruyne&#8217;s return to training after a four-month injury lay-off &#8211; with Belgian&#8217;s &#8216;aura&#8217; reaffirming that he is a &#8216;king among kings&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Kevin De Bruyne trained with his Manchester City team-mates in Saudi Arabia\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Josko Gvardiol and Matheus Nunes looked &#8216;starstruck&#8217; according to supporters<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>IAN LADYMAN: I&#8217;d rather watch a match at my local school than watch Man City in the Club World Cup &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester City fans reacted with joy seeing the look on Josko Gvardiol and Matheus Nunes&#8217; faces when Kevin De Bruyne approached them in training.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Social media users rained praise on De Bruyne for the effect he supposedly worked over them, claiming the Belgian had them &#8216;starstruck&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>De Bruyne is back in the Manchester City squad for the Club World Cup after a four-month lay-off, having been injured on the opening day of the season\u00a0against Burnley.<\/p>\n<p>A video shows the midfielder walking over to Gvardiol, Nunes, Mateo Kovacic, and Phil Foden as they all look at him, before he hugs the first. Fans went in to a frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;People use the word aura so loosely but he legit has them starstruck, a proper footballing all timer,&#8217; one wrote on X, formerly Twitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/14\/79129889-12881437-image-a-21_1702997166871.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kevin De Bruyne trained with his Manchester City team-mates after a four-month lay-off<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/14\/79129923-12881437-Matheus_Nunes_looked_over_as_De_Bruyne_approached_the_group_with-a-30_1702997921254.jpg\" height=\"572\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Matheus Nunes looked over as De Bruyne approached the group, with fans thinking he was &#8216;starstruck&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/14\/79129921-12881437-image-a-24_1702997264818.jpg\" height=\"592\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Josko Gvardiol grinned before the Belgian midfield maestro dove in for a brief side hug\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Tears Nunes and Gvardiol couldn\u2019t believe what they were seeing,&#8217; said another.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Look at how they\u2019re looking at him man this is the real captain of the team,&#8217; another wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Tears man the way they look at him is insane man. Living legend. Top 10 all time,&#8217; one wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The look of adoration is crazy. The king amongst kings,&#8217; came the opinion of another.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While not literally the king among kings, De Bruyne is certainly a symbolic royal when it comes to footballers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At Manchester City, he has topped the Premier League&#8217;s assist charts in four of the previous eight seasons and won Premier Legaue Player of the Year in 2021\/22.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alongside a Champions League, he has won five Premier League titles, two FA Cups, and five League Cups.<\/p>\n<p>Little wonder Gvardiol and Nunes were glad to have him back.<\/p>\n<p>De Bruyne is at the Club World Cup and hoping to build fitness despite the fact his 70-acre mansion in his homeland was burgled\u00a0on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/15\/79130453-12881437-image-a-34_1702998159060.jpg\" height=\"133\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/15\/79130447-12881437-image-a-32_1702998131111.jpg\" height=\"112\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/15\/79130449-12881437-image-a-33_1702998148798.jpg\" height=\"131\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/15\/79130451-12881437-image-a-35_1702998165218.jpg\" height=\"126\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/15\/79130457-12881437-image-a-36_1702998170919.jpg\" height=\"121\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/19\/15\/79078285-12881437-De_Bruyne_his_wife_Michele_and_their_three_children_weren_t_at_t-a-31_1702998093656.jpg\" height=\"748\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>De Bruyne, his wife Michele, and their three children weren&#8217;t at their house when it was robbed at the weekend<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, with a show every Monday and Thursday this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder, his wife Michele, and their three children were not at the property at the time of the raid.<\/p>\n<p>Belgian news outlet HLN\u00a0said items had been taken but no further details were available.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City kick off their Club World Cup campaign in the semi-finals against Urawa Red Diamonds at 6pm on Tuesday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12881437\/Man-City-Josko-Gvardiol-Matheus-Nunes-Kevin-Bruyne.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Man City fans marvel over &#8216;starstruck&#8217; 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