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Wolfsburg playmaker Kevin de Bruyne has revealed he is tempted to join Manchester City as the transfer window deadline looms.

City have 29 days to complete a deal for the 24-year-old Belgium international, who is rated at £50m by the Bundesliga runners-up.

De Bruyne played in Wolfsburg's penalty shootout win over Bayern Munich in the German Super Cup on Saturday and is expected to start in their German Cup game against Stuttgarter Kickers this weekend.

"Of course you can’t ignore it. Everyone knows the teams," De Bruyne told The Sun when asked about the speculation surrounding his future.

"They all play for the title. That is not nothing. But at this moment I have not heard that there is a bid for me.

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"If an offer does come, I will hear about it and how much it is — but I have not yet heard anything."

De Bruyne is not motivated to return to the Premier League by his dismal stint at Chelsea, where he struggled for six months in the first-team before Jose Mourinho jettisoned him in January 2014.

"I would not go to England just to prove that I can play there. I do not have to go to England," he added.

"If I go there it’s because for me and for my family it is a good choice. That’s the key for me.

"I read every day something in the press about me. And actually I’ve talked very little to the press. What happened at Chelsea is not important, as long as I can play football and I am content.

"It happened. Everyone is better for it, including myself. I didn’t complain."

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