Manuel Pellegrini: How I can turn Chelsea flop De Bruyne into a world beater at Man City
Kevin De Bruyne joined Chelsea for £54million
KEVIN DE BRUYNE will become one of the best players in the world, according to Manuel Pellegrini.
 
The Chilean believes De Bruyne will justify his £54m transfer fee after completing his move from Wolfsburg.
Despite being sold by Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho because he didn't think the Belgian international would make the grade, Pellegrini has no doubts he has bought a top quality player.
 
De Bruyne is set to make his debut tomorrow at Crystal Palace with David Silva out injured.
He said: "I'm very happy because he's an important player with strong characteristics.
"His position, in midfield, is an easier one for him to settle into in the team.
"He's still young and can improve a lot. He has improved a lot since he was in the Premier League before [with Chelsea] - his form with Wolfsburg last season showed that.
 
"I always say when good players arrive to a good team with very good players like Silva, Sergio Aguero and Yaya Toure, to name a few, they will continue improving. That is why he is here, the same as Raheem Sterling, Delph and Nicolas Otamendi.
"It is not the best way to arrive at a new club to go straight to his national squad but these things happen and it doesn’t matter because he must play for Belgium.
"In his position it is more easy maybe to settle in our team. It is different if you play in the back four where you need special work [in training].
 
"I think he can play in the three positions, on both wings and behind the striker. He doesn’t have any problems changing his position."
Pellegrini says his manger of the month of the award reflects the form of his City who have won all four games so far, scoring 10 without conceding.
"I'm very happy because that means we are doing things in the correct way so far. That is the merit of all the staff and the players.
"In this profession you always depend on the performance of the players. We are in a good moment, the whole club. It is important to receive those trophies because it reflects how you are doing."

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