Manchester City approach De Bruyne

At least Manchester City now know how to proceed with their efforts to lure Kevin De Bruyne away from VfL Wolfsburg.

The Belgian international revealed that the Premier League side approached him recently, and he responded by giving them the best route to obtaining his services.

"We say to everybody - if they want to do something, they have to go to Wolfsburg, not to me," De Bruyne told Sky Sports News HQ.

De Bruyne, who was named the player of the year in the Bundesliga, indicated that he's not paying much attention to rumours about his playing future while he's away with the Belgian national team.

"I always thought that I was going to talk to my club first when the season was over. And for me the season is not over. That starts probably next week or the week after but I will also be on vacation," the 23-year-old said.

"I don’t have any stress about these things. It will come this way and I know that there are a lot of rumours and the papers are writing a lot."

De Bruyne has thrived thanks to an increase in playing time since joining Wolfsburg in January 2014, following a disappointing spell with Chelsea. He led the German league in assists with 20 and collected 10 goals during 34 games.

"It's been for me a wonderful season," he said. "I think the thing I'm most excited about is that I played almost everything, missed just one game, started everything and played everything.

"My time at Chelsea wasn’t bad. Everybody talks about it and that it was really bad, but I just decided I didn’t want to stay at the club under those circumstances; I just wanted to play football, and that’s what I did."

Here's how De Bruyne stacks up to Manchester City's midfielders from last year: