Having starred for the Blues in 2017-18, the Belgium global midfielder endured a testing campaign last time out.
To the detriment of the rest of the top-flight, Guardiola must be licking his lips at the thought of having De Bruyne available from day one of his fourth season at the Etihad.
Patricio was the hero, as his three penalty saves, the last from Lukas Nmecha gave Wolves a 3-2 victory in the shoot-out and they were crowned the Premier League Asia Trophy 2019 Champions.
"He's been top", said the City boss.
'The club made him an offer previous year, ' Guardiola said.
The winger was third in Guardiola's pecking order behind Raheem Sterling and Bernardo Silva at times last season but still managed to notch 10 goals and 10 assists in the Premier League. "Hopefully he can keep his level", said Guardiola following the defeat. He's incredibly positive in his mind and his quality speaks for itself.
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Nuno Espírito Santo's charges finished the half strongly in the latter phase of the first stanza but they could not create clear chances, with the Citizens seemingly losing momentum and the first stanza ended goalless as a result. "I think we need to do that together because it's a really important job - not only on the pitch but off it as well".
"He's a guy who likes to play football - a huge competitor". What we want now is to be calm and not get injuries.
"Especially what happens last season with him with a lot of injuries, be calm step by step".
"I don't know if Pep's aware of everything that's going on at his club", he told reporters as Bayern prepared to take on European foes Real Madrid in Houston. City drew Liverpool and lost to Chelsea while De Bruyne was out.
"We have three central defenders and two youth players who can help us". 'All the things we accomplished this week were good.
"But he knows - and they all know - it's hard due to the quality we have".
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