{"id":605912,"date":"2026-09-04T18:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T18:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/605912\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T18:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T18:32:19","slug":"nowhere-near-my-level-kevin-de-bruyne-delivers-brutal-verdict-on-enzo-fernandez-as-man-city-successor-after-125m-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/605912\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Nowhere near my level!&#8217; &#8211; Kevin De Bruyne delivers brutal verdict on Enzo Fernandez as Man City successor after \u00a3125m transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The transition at the Etihad has been made visually official by Fernandez\u2019s choice of squad number. The Argentine has opted to take the No.17 jersey, a shirt that became synonymous with De Bruyne\u2019s creative genius during his trophy-laden decade in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>While the number has historical significance at the club, Fernandez explained that his choice was rooted in personal history rather than a direct attempt to mimic his predecessor&#8217;s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old explained that he chose the number 17 shirt because of its connection to his early days with the national team. &#8220;It\u2019s a number I like,&#8221; he stated during his unveiling. &#8220;It embodies me. It was my first number in the national team, so I\u2019m very happy to choose this number.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The transition at the Etihad has been made visually official by Fernandez\u2019s choice of squad number. The Argentine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[78358,85,46,175251,2617,2619,105],"class_list":["post-605912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-e-fernandez","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-k-de-bruyne","tag-manchester-city","tag-premier-league","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}