Why Kevin De Bruyne Is The Premier League's Best Player
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🗓️ 7 May 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
The Athletic has named Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne as its Premier League player of the year. Before the season was suspended, the Belgian star was closing in on Thierry Henry's record for assists in a season and had been directly involved in more goals than any other player. The Athletic’s Sam Lee joins us to talk about what makes De Bruyne so special as a player, his future with Manchester City given their Champions League ban, and what drives the fiery Belgian star.
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| 0:00.0 | Before the English Premier League shut down, Manchester City's Kevin DeBroina was closing |
| 0:10.7 | in on the EPL record for a sys. |
| 0:12.9 | With 16 assists and a gold, DeBroina has been involved in more Premier League goals this |
| 0:32.5 | season than any other player. |
| 0:34.9 | And he's now been named the Athletics EPL Player of the Year. |
| 0:38.6 | Today, we're joined by the Athletics Sam Lee to talk about what makes DeBroina so special |
| 0:43.6 | as a player, his future with Manchester City and what drives the Belgian star. |
| 0:49.0 | The coach says he was stubborn as hell, stubborn like a mule. |
| 0:52.0 | He also says, I think it's that stubbornness that character trait that's made him into |
| 0:56.7 | the player he is now. |
| 1:00.6 | From wondering on the Athletic, I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 1:03.3 | And I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:04.6 | It's Thursday, May 7th, and this is The Lead. |
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