De Bruyne wants to ‘win everything’

London – “Win everything” said Kevin De Bruyne when asked of his ambitions for Manchester City after signing a new four-year contract to reportedly become the Premier League's highest-paid player last week.

City are still on course for a historic quadruple of the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup.

Just breaking through the barrier of the Champions League quarterfinals would be a landmark for Pep Guardiola as he tries to reach the last four for the first time in five years.

City travel to Borussia Dortmund holding a slender 2-1 lead and bearing plenty of scars from quarterfinal ties over the past three years.

“Different year, same stuff,” was how a disappointed De Bruyne summed up a 3-1 defeat by Lyon in Lisbon last season.

Despite the explosive talent of Erling Braut Haaland, a Dortmund side sitting fifth in the Bundesliga should not pose a problem for the runaway Premier League leaders.

But De Bruyne has lived through too many City horror shows in Europe’s premier club competition to take anything for granted.

The Champions League is the one trophy to have so far eluded the Belgian since he arrived in

England in 2015.

A determination to end City’s wait to conquer Europe was key to both the player and club’s motivations for agreeing a new contract worth a reported £20 million a year.

The 29-year-old did not use an agent but worked with analytics companies to show the data that backed up his claim to be the key figure in City’s success.

Two seasons ago, City became the first side to win the English domestic treble (Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup).

Yet, even replicating that would now feel like a let down if they crumble again when all of Europe is watching. –