Pep Guardiola says he is “the happiest man on this planet” when Kevin de Bruyne shines – but the director of Manchester City cannot say if the midfielder will remain at the club when his contract expires at the end of the season.
De Bruyne set up the equalizer of Nico O’Reilly and scored the final goal of the city in their 3-1 Home victory over Plymouth Argyle second level During the fifth round of the FA Cup on Saturday, acting as a captain after starting one and remaining an unused substitute for two of their last five Premier League games.
“He is one of the three to five best players in the history of this club, without a doubt,” Guardiola told ITV Sport told the seven winners of the competition stayed in progress to reach the semi-finals for a seventh consecutive season.
“Whenever he works well, I am the happiest man on this planet, I’m sorry to tell you. He gave me a lot to the team. He really played very well today.
🗣️ “Each time [De Bruyne] Well works, I am the happiest man on this planet.
Just love for Bruyne de Pep ❤️ #Itvfootball | #Emiratesfacup | 🎙️ @ gabrielclarke05 pic.twitter.com/dhv06byop
– ITV Football (@itvfootball) March 1, 2025
Kevin contract from Bruyne
Since he joined City for a club record then 54.5 million pounds from Wolfsburg in 2015, from Bruyne won the Premier League six times, the Champions League once, the FA Cup Twice and the EFL cup five times.
The Belgian playmaker signed his current agreement as an extension of two years in 2021, but has had injuries in recent seasons and has struggled to resume his best form in 2024/25.
Guardiola reiterated on Friday that the future of Bruyne would depend on the talks between the 33 -year -old man and the club, adding after the argyl victory that “nobody knows” if it will be the double premier player in the final campaign of the season at the Etihad stadium.
KDB 👑🩵 pic.twitter.com/yymspndxh7
– Manchester City (@Mancity) March 1, 2025
Last summer, from Bruyne said he was “open to everything” and had spoken of the vast wealth proposed if he joined the former teammate Aymeric Laporte in the Saudi Pro League.
“He has had problems in the past year and a half, like many players,” said Guardiola earlier this season. “It’s about how it will happen for us until the end of the season. His age and these things … The club must think about it. »»
FA City Cup record
The Spaniard seemed to take a suggestion that the FA Cup is the only trophy city can win this season as an opportunity to defend his team’s record in the competition.
“No team has been [so many] times in a row in the semi-finals, “he said. “We will see the draw and what is happening.”
Nottingham Forest, third, which welcomes the city of Ipswich in the fifth round on Monday (7:30 p.m.), are the only team in a league position higher than the city always involved in the FA Cup of this season.
These two 🥰🩵 pic.twitter.com/xlm1ik9t04
– Manchester City (@Mancity) March 1, 2025
When is the FA Cup quarter-final 2025?
The draw will take place on Sunday March 2 after Manchester United, who beat City in the 2023/24 final, try to win a third victory on Fulham this season when the Cottager visit Old Trafford.
This game starts at 4:30 p.m., so the sooner the draw could potentially take place is around 6.30 p.m.
All the links in the first round of the competition must be settled during the day, so there could be additional time and penalties if the score remains level, which would push the approximate time of the draw beyond 19 hours.
Draw-final FA Cup Draw: television channel, live online flow
United vs Fulham is shown by BBC SportThis means that the draw will be projected on BBC One.
Fans can follow the online and moving ceremony via BBC Iplayer and the BBC Sport website, while the online channels of the football association will also be covered.
🩵 Legend 🩵 pic.twitter.com/zvvl9yyroim
– ITV Football (@itvfootball) March 1, 2025
FA Cup schedule: dates in the quarterfinals 2025
Here are the rest of the dates of this season’s competition.
Quarter -finals – weekend of Saturday March 29
Semi-finals-Weekend of Saturday April 26
Final – Saturday May 17
FAC CUP FIFTH Round Fixtures and TV SCHEDULE
Sunday March 2
Newcastle United V Brighton & Hove Albion (13:45 GMT) – Player Itv1, Itvx, STV and STV
Manchester United against Fulham (16:30 GMT) – BBC One and BBC IPlayer
Monday March 3
Nottingham Forest against Ipswich Town (19:30 GMT) – ITV4 and ITVX
Game. Together. Correspond.
Haaland gets up from Bruyne to send City to the quarter -finals of the FA Cup 🏆#Itvfootball | #Emiratesfacup pic.twitter.com/dcbajj9ruq
– ITV Football (@itvfootball) March 1, 2025
FA CUP 2024/25 Silver price
Here are the figures published by the Fa For how much the winners and losers receive at different stages.
Third round – Winners £ 115,000 / losers £ 25,000
Fourth round – winners £ 120,000
Fifth round – Winners £ 225,000
Quarter -final – £ 450,000 winners
Semi -final – 1 million pounds sterling / £ 500,000
Final – £ 2 M / £ 1 M
