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Robbie Savage has been forced to eat his words after Kevin de Bruyne’s outstanding start to the season.

The BT Sport pundit has declared the Manchester City playmaker the best player in the Premier League after previously claiming he wouldn’t pay to watch him.

In a week when Pep Guardiola claimed De Bruyne was “one of the best players I’ve seen in my life,” Savage finally conceded his original judgement was wrong.

He told BT Sport: “He’s arguably the best Premier League player at this minute in time, in terms of his creativity, his weight of pass.

“I just think he’s outstanding, absolutely outstanding.

“I said a few years ago when they bought him that I wouldn’t pay to watch him.

“He was on list of Rivaldo, Ronaldinho.

“When I said it, it was on a list of all the best players there’s ever been and he was at the bottom of that list.”

De Bruyne was outstanding again in City’s 6-0 win against Watford and Savage believes Guardiola’s team will be competing with Manchester United for the title.

Asked why City’s attacking football made them stronger candidates than Liverpool, he said: “Because they’s got better players than Liverpool all over the park.”