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Kevin De Bruyne's agent has confirmed having contact with Manchester City but said he has never been in contact with Manchester United. De Bruyne, 23, has been strongly linked with a move away from Wolfsburg in the summer transfer window, and has attracted interest from several of Europe's major clubs. Sources told ESPN FC last month that De Bruyne would consider a return to former club Chelsea, even though he barely played during his first spell at Stamford Bridge. While there are no offers in yet for the Belgium international -- who has scored 15 goals and 22 assists this season -- his agent, Patrick De Koster, has held discussions with City's director of football Txiki Begiristain. "I have met the people from Manchester City and we know each other," De Koster said in The Guardian. "I've never spoken to anyone from Manchester United but a lot of other clubs have been in touch to find out some general information. "I think with the season Kevin has had if we didn't have these questions then there would be something wrong. I saw [Mino] Raiola's quotes about taking 20 phone calls a day regarding Paul Pogba and it's the same situation for me and probably for the agent of Memphis Depay at the moment. "Wolfsburg paid €24 million to Chelsea so I can see it being a lot more than that." De Koster expects a scramble for De Bruyne's services at the end of the season. "For the moment, there are no formal discussions," he added. "Of course in the next few weeks I will be going around the world to talk about the situation with Kevin but this is just informal information. "I will talk to everybody but Kevin is very, very happy with Wolfsburg and the way they have treated him since he arrived from Chelsea last year. "He has a four-year contract at Wolfsburg so we will have to see what they want to do."
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