27-year-old attack­ing midfie­lder opens up about the deep hurt he suffer­ed at age 15LONDON: Belgian star Kevin de Bruyne has acknowledged that being rejected by a foster family as a teenager fuelled his footballing success. “That year went by, and I was doing well in school, doing well in football. “At the end of the year, I packed my bags and said goodbye to my foster family. The foster family don’t want you there anymore’. No matter what’.”Such was his success — he scored five goals for the second team after coming on as a substitute — the foster family sheepishly approached him again.

Source: The Express Tribune April 16, 2019 10:26 UTC