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Kevin De Bruyne says he is not worried by his £55million price tag and insisted: “I don’t want to be the star.”

The Belgian has scored twice in two games for Manchester City and has had an influential start since his switch from Wolfsburg.

Modest midfielder De Bruyne hopes to lead City back to winning ways against Spurs on Saturday.

But at a club which boasts a galaxy of stars De Bruyne - who as well as that massive fee is on a wage of £14m a season, said: “I don’t want to be the star.

“I just want to play well. ­Obviously there is a big price tag. It is a lot of money. But I am not the only one!

"At [previous club] Wolfsburg I was the star but at the end of the day I am not the guy who speaks a lot. I don’t want to be a captain. That is not my style. I just do my stuff on the pitch and help the team.

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“I am part of it and I want to do well and help win games and I will be happy to do that. I try to stay humble.

"You get kids who look up to you, but I don’t know why I should change.

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“I am happy with the way my life is going and happy the way it has gone for 24 years so I don’t know why I should change.

“I like it quiet. I have never been the guy who speaks and jokes the most. I need to get to know everyone.”

De Bruyne, 24, believes he has nothing to prove to his former club Chelsea who sold him to Wolfsburg for £18m, after loaning him to Werder Bremen for a season.

Asked if it would be even sweeter if he pipped Chelsea to a trophy this season he said: “I don’t care as long as we win something!

“Hopefully we can win a few cups. I am happy we went to the next round of the Capital One Cup. We have a lot of players and we all want games.

“I had a four-year contract left and Wolfsburg didn’t want to let me go. So it is different to when I had a one-year contract and Chelsea wanted me to leave. With the way the team is playing it is nice to come in to.

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“I like to play football. I am not the player with the most power but I am a player who likes to play football like this team.

“It is different – different compared to Wolfsburg. I think the way I played before is more direct. It is good to have a lot of the ball for the players up front.

“It is good we play so many games. You have injuries and a game every three days so after six, seven, eight games maybe you go on the bench.

“Maybe that is better than last year when I played every game. A couple of times I was tired.”