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Manchester City left sweating over Kevin De Bruyne's fitness for crunch Arsenal clash after the playmaker withdraws from the Belgium squad after hobbling off against England

Daily Mail | October 12, 2020

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Kevin De Bruyne has withdrawn from the Belgium squad to face Iceland on Wednesday and returned to Manchester City.

The Royal Belgian Football Association cited a fitness issue after the City playmaker was substituted after 73 minutes of Sunday's UEFA Nations League loss to England at Wembley.

The 29-year-old will now be assessed ahead of City's Premier League clash with Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

Kevin De Bruyne has pulled out of Belgium's clash with Iceland on Wednesday through injury
The midfielder hobbled off in the second-half of Belgium's 2-1 defeat to England on Sunday

A tweet from the Belgium team's official account read: '@DeBruyneKev returned to his club.

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