Kevin De Bruyne's highlights from 'match that made Chelsea sell him' are crazy to watch now

Kevin De Bruyne is probably the best and most complete midfielder in world football right now.

The Manchester City star’s passing ability is simply unrivalled, while he also added a serious amount of goals to his catalogue of assists in 2021/22.

De Bruyne, who’s one of the most two-footed players on the planet, found the back of the net 19 times across all competitions last season.

He even scored four goals in one game away at Wolverhampton Wanderers, with three of them coming off his ‘weaker’ left foot.

De Bruyne really is a special, special footballer and it’s why he’s one of a select few to be named PFA Players’ Player of the Year on multiple occasions.

Given how the Belgian has performed over the past five years or so, it’s crazy to think that Chelsea offloaded him in January of 2014 without a second thought.

De Bruyne joined Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg and quickly went on to establish himself as one of the world’s premiere playmakers.

Oh what could have been for Chelsea, eh?

However, when you look back at De Bruyne’s performances for the west London club, it’s easy to understand why they chose to sell him.

In fact, his final appearance for Chelsea under the management of Jose Mourinho in December of 2013 was a bit of a disaster.

The self-proclaimed Special One opted to start De Bruyne for a League Cup quarter-final away at Sunderland and it’s safe to say the gamble didn’t pay off.

Chelsea lost the match 2-1 following a period of extra-time, Ki Sung-yeung netting a 118th-minute winner after Fabio Borini cancelled out Frank Lampard‘s opener.

Check out De Bruyne’s highlights from ‘the match that made Chelsea sell him’ here…

How is that the same player that’s terrorised teams across Europe for well over five years now?!