Watch Kevin De Bruyne STORM OUT of live interview after ‘stupid’ question following Belgium’s defeat to France
KEVIN DE BRUYNE stormed out of an interview after a “stupid” question following Belgium’s defeat to France.
De Bruyne & Co crashed out of Euro 2024 in the group stages.
Kevin De Bruyne stormed out of an interview after a ‘stupid’ question
De Bruyne was fuming after Belgium’s loss to France
Jan Vertonghen’s own goal split the sides and saw Belgium bail out with more international heartache.
And captain De Bruyne did not take kindly to a question over the “golden generation” of players who failed to win a major tournament.
The Manchester City star said: “And you say that France and England and Spain and Germany is not a golden generation? OK, thank you.”
De Bruyne, 33, then walks off and mutters “stupid”.
Journalist Tancredi Palmeri, who asked the question, hit back: “Ahah DeBruyne just called me stupid.
“Hey Kevin, little memo for you: the golden generation you mentioned of France, England, Germany and Spain they ALL REACHED A FINAL!
“Usual footballer that wants only question telling him how good they are. Spoiled brat.”
Roberto Martinez’s Belgium famously had stars like Vincent Kompany, Toby Alderweireld, Eden Hazard and Dries Mertens in the squad.
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Vertonghen, De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, Axel Witsel, Yannick Carrasco, Youri Tielemans and Leandro Trossard make up a star-studded Euro 2024 squad.
Belgium came third in the 2018 World Cup – their best finish in a major tournament and were Fifa’s highest-ranked team that year.
But they were knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Euros three years later before failing to make it out of the group stage in the 2022 World Cup.
And following even more misery, De Bruyne’s international future will now be in question after six trophyless tournaments.
The midfielder came under fire after telling his team-mates not to acknowledge disgruntled Belgium fans following a 0-0 draw to Ukraine.
De Bruyne’s Etihad future was also thrown into doubt before Belgium’s crunch knockout game.
It emerged that the former Chelsea man had spoken to Saudi Pro League director Michael Emenalo – before later committing himself to City.
He said: “Yes. [I’ll stay at City]. I’ve read a lot of headlines about a transfer, but I haven’t spoken to anyone.
“I saw him [Emenalo] at the Club World Cup. I know Michael, so it makes sense for us to have a chat. But it wasn’t about that.”
De Bruyne has now just 12 months left on the City contract he signed in April 2021.
Asked on his next move after City, he replied: “It’s hard to say now. We will be sitting around the table in the coming months.”
