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Manchester City star Kevin de Bruyne will land a new £200,000-a-week deal.

The Blues' manager Pep Guardiola hailed the Belgium international midfielder as one of the best players in the world this week following the 4-0 win over Dutch champions Feyenoord in their opening Champions League group game — and the club hierarchy want to reward him with a long-term contract.

That will mean a significant increase on the £150,000-a-week wages they currently pay the former Chelsea youngster signed from Germany's Wolfsburg in 2015.

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De Bruyne has almost three years left on his contract, but City hope to start talks in the coming months about keeping him at the Etihad for the peak years of his career.

There is an awareness at the club that other domestic and European rivals would start to circle if they allowed De Bruyne’s contract to move into its last two years.

The early message is that the 26-year-old playmaker is settled in Manchester and enjoys working under Guardiola.

City are hoping to have his future signed and sealed before the World Cup finals kick off in Russia next summer.