Man City star new £350k-a-week deal on hold after agent’s arrest
Man City star Kevin De Bruyne’s new £350k-a-week contract is currently on hold after the ‘Belgian’s agent was allegedly arrested.
The Belgium midfielder was set to pen his bumper new deal this week.
According to UK Sun citing the Mirror claim his Belgian representative Patrick De Koster has been arrested by police after the midfielder asked them to look into several discrepancies in his financial accounts involving millions of pounds.
De Koster, whose company J & S International Football Management has offices in the Vlezenbeek and Knokke in Belgium, along with Senegal, was awoken and arrested in a dawn raid on his home by police and fraud officials on Thursday, it has been claimed.
He is allegedly being held in custody and is set to face magistrates on Wednesday.
City chiefs had hoped to tie De Bruyne, 29, to the club on a five-year deal to see out most of his career at the Etihad.
Boss Pep Guardiola wants to hand him the captaincy following David Silva’s departure.
De Bruyne has three years left on his current £280,000-a-week deal.
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De Koster has represented De Bruyne since he was 15 and playing for Genk in Belgium.
He oversaw his transfers to Chelsea in 2012, Wolfsburg in 2014 and then City for £54m in 2015.
De Bruyne was the Premier League Player of the Year in 2019/2020.