For all that his team's travails might be a quite literal head scratcher for Pep Guardiola, the why of Manchester City's travails is as remarkably straightforward as the what. There is nothing about this great crisis,

Kevin De Bruyne says he has put talks about his Manchester City future to one side while he focuses on his recovery from injury. De Bruyne is out of contract in the summer and had been planning to speak to the club about his options in recent weeks,

Kevin De Bruyne has admitted he doesn't know if this will be his last season at Manchester City and revealed he put contract talks on hold after suffering the injury which has kept him out for the last two months.