Jorginho has named former Chelsea midfielder Kevin De Bruyne as his most tricky on-field adversary.
During a live tour of Stamford Bridge via the 5th Stand app, Jorginho was asked to name the most difficult opponent he’s ever come up against.
The Italian has been fortunate enough to face some of the game’s greatest from across the globe.
He challenged Cristiano Ronaldo earlier this season in the Premier League, then failed to thwart the likes of Karim Benzema, Luka Modric and Toni Kroos when Real Madrid travelled to South West London at the start of the month.
The midfielder can also recall countless meetings with various Manchester City and Liverpool sides, full to the brim of quality internationals.
And it is one member of England’s elite that Jorginho labelled as his toughest challenge to date.
All hail king Kevin
“It’s really hard to play against that boy,” he said when describing De Bruyne.
“It’s hard! He makes a hard time for all of us. Such a good player, such a clever player.”
A large proportion of modern players probably share Jorginho’s view on the brilliant Belgian.
De Bruyne is undoubtedly one of the finest talents ever to touch down on English soil.
He is City’s creator and chief, with a magic wand inside both boots.
Crossing, passing, shooting, scoring; the 30-year-old pretty much possesses the lot.
However, this hasn’t always quite been the case.
The less destructive days of De Bruyne
Some might forget the era when De Bruyne wasn’t picking about defences up and down the country.
To the dismay of our younger audience, there was a period when the playmaker had a ‘flop’ tag placed around his neck.
A decade ago, Chelsea signed a fresh-faced winger from Genk, going by the name of Kevin De Bruyne.
After two years and just nine senior appearances for the Blues, the club sold their underwhelming recruit to Wolfsburg.
At the time, £18m (Mirror) seemed like a stretch to sign a player still finding his feet at the top level of European football.
Fast forward to the present day, and Wolfsburg can only be praised for bagging the bargain of the century.
Manchester City bought De Bruyne in 2015 for a then club-record £55m (BBC).
He has since won City’s Player of the Year three times, the PFA Players’ Player of the Year and the Premier League Playmaker of the Season twice respectively.
Just try to forget about it, Chelsea.
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