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Is five time Premier League winner and Manchester City talisman Kevin de Bruyne actually… Underrated? 🤔
Teammate Kyle Walker recently put him in the same bracket as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. High praise for a player who’s never… Checks notes… Won the Premier League Player of the Month award?!
Something has to give. JJ Bull investigates.
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He's very good. Inconsistent a tiny bit.
🤯 not even a player of the month award? I'm kinda surprised
He should've won the 2023 ballon d'Or…
U can have your opinion but for me
He is the 3rd best player of this generation ofcourse after messi ronaldo.
Not neymar no lewa no suarez
8 years of prime, magic on field
And i am telling u right now, after 6,7 years u will see a midfield generation full of inspired by KDB.
After
De Bruyne would have already been named the best midfielder the premier league has ever seen, if his name was Kevin D. Brown, from London.
Nostalgia merchants will never convince he's not better than Kaka
I felt like he was underrated a few years ago. I think people realize how important he is but maybe still not enough know.
Is he underrated? I thought most people consider him the current best player in the world?
A short like this should be made for Mohamed Salah not KDB. KDB gets all his due credit and more.
He won 2 undeserved player of the year awards
Kdb is overrated, hes good but nowhere near the best player midfielders
Nah he's not underrated, everyone knows he's a midfield legend
He's the best Prem midfielder ever, without a doubt, and he's getting close to being in the mix for best midfielder of all time. If he stays at this level for a few more years until retirement then he will undoubtedly be in the conversation
KDB is so good that you just have to enjoy him. Rival fan or not, you just have to enjoy him.
JJ BULL!!!
He will finish his career best prem player ever !
Camera angle is really weird.
I gave the same reason when i heard this question. He is doing great which is kind of normal for everyone. But suppose Rashford scores a goal he automatically becomes player of the month.
Essentially a victim of his own success
He’s incredibly high paid and a starter for the best club on the planet. It’s just you…
MOST UNDERRATED
never won player of the month is absolutely unbelievable
Yes, it is just you. KdB is appropriately rated. Every debate involving him I see ranks him as one of the greatest midfielders ever.
Where are you getting it from that Kevin De Bruyne is underrated?
Kevin De Bruyne is not underrated. I don't understand why isn't winning player of the month but he's not underrated.
Bad take. He's the most creative player in the best team that scores the most goals, of course he is going to lead the stats in creative aspects. Put him at Brentford and see how he does, obviously he's an amazing player but these stats have nothing to do with it
Honestly, I didn't know he's never won a PL player of the month award and in my own circle of football fans I've not yet come across a single person who doesn't think he's world class – he's certainly been my favourite PL player ever since he joined City.
In premier league….