Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has insisted there is no rush to resolve his future at the Premier League giant.
De Bruyne is out of contract at the end of the season but he is primarily focused on returning to full fitness rather than sign a new contract.
Having missed the majority of 2023/24 season, the Belgium playmaker has has not started a game in more than two months.
“Honestly, I don’t know,” said De Bruyne when asked about his future at a press conference to preview City’s Champions League game against Feyenoord.
“Obviously when I started the season I knew things would happen and talks would happen. I had a conversation already in the summer but then obviously I had the injury.
“So really I was not in the right frame of mind to speak about that. I really want to be good and be back where I need to be on the pitch and be myself again, and then there’s no rush also.
“I don’t feel uncomfortable in my situation. I just want to play football and I’m not really worried.
“I’ve put basically everything to the side. I was hoping to be out for a couple of days and it ended up being eight or nine weeks.”
De Bruyne has made only three substitute appearances since he was forced off with a pelvic injury at half-time of City’s goalless draw with Inter Milan in the Champions League on September 18.
Speaking about the injury, De Bruyne noted that he first suffered the problem in a game against Brentford the previous weekend.
De Bruyne said: “When I came back (at the start of the season) I felt really, really good, the first five games that I played.
“And then I had a little thing against Brentford that I thought wasn’t really good. In the end it ended up being way worse than I wanted it to be.
“I couldn’t kick a ball. I could do a lot of stuff but I wasn’t able to move freely or do what I needed to do to play.
“It’s been a frustrating one but I’m starting to feel better, so I’m happy about that.”
