DECISION TIME

Pep: KDB has to make own choice

- RICHARD TANNER

PEP GUARDIOLA says fading force Kevin De Bruyne has to be honest with himself this summer.

The Manchester City playmaker is struggling to recapture the form that made him one of the best players in the Premier League over the last decade, raising questions about his future when his contract expires in June.

Belgium international De Bruyne, who will be 34 before next season, has clocked up 745 games for club and country, and the years - as well as two lengthy injury absences, appear to have caught up with him.

Guardiola has already started rebuilding and re-energizing City's aging squad but says he will leave a decision with De Bruyne as to whether his body and mind is up for another year on the ultra-competitive Premier League after 10 seasons with City.