Man City last man standing Kevin De Bruyne places faith in Pep Guardiola over summer transfer deals

When Raheem Sterling's transfer to Arsenal was confirmed, that made Kevin De Bruyne the last man standing at Manchester City.

The Belgian shared a picture on social media, made by a fan, of the City squad from 2015/16, the last season before Pep Guardiola arrived. Every player who had since departed was in grey, leaving De Bruyne as the only man in colour, as he is the only one left at the Etihad from before Guardiola's time.

“Yeah, I saw that. It shows I’m getting old now!" De Bruyne joked as he reflected on City's summer transfer business.

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“That’s how it goes sometimes but I’ve been at the club seven years now, Pep has been here six. It's a long time in football right now. But I’m still very happy with what I’m doing here and hopefully the club is happy with me. Everything has changed so much since Pep came but it was funny to see there was just me left."

Fernandinho left City at the start of the summer, with Sterling, Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko following in recent weeks. Guardiola said they were all important members of the squad, and leave amicably, although De Bruyne offered a slightly more cautious opinion on the exits.

"I don’t know about that [the changes being a good thing] – sometimes it’s good to have the same team around you, but also you need to change things at times," he suggested.

"It all depends on the end of the season how things are. We’ve done so well with this team. In the past new faces have come in and others have gone but we’ve still found a way to win titles. So hopefully we can do that again this year.

"There’s been a lot of change this year. It’s been quite sad but some of the