The clearest line in this story comes from Michelle De Bruyne. Speaking to dailymail.com, she said of the family future: "We are going to live here in Limburg. The sooner we get here, the better".
Limburg is becoming the family reference point
Michelle De Bruyne has been open about why that idea carries weight. She and Kevin De Bruyne married in 2017, and their three children are Mason, Rome and Suri. The family have settled in Naples for now, but her comments make Belgium feel like more than a distant retirement thought.
She also described life in Napoli as constrained. "Kevin leads a very restricted life in Napoli. It's not much fun for him," she said, adding that the family cannot do things together in the city. She contrasted that with Manchester, where, in her words, they could walk out the door without being photographed. That contrast is probably the sharpest part of the story, because it is about family routine rather than transfer chatter.
Michelle also said, "At a certain point, football is no longer the priority. You have achieved everything, done everything. Why would you then turn your children’s lives upside down?" Kevin De Bruyne signed a two-year contract when he arrived at Napoli, so the discussion is not about an immediate exit being confirmed. It is about where the family think they want to be next.
Conte, Naples and the Everton noise
De Bruyne's own words about Napoli explain why the relationship sounds uneasy. "Obviously it was difficult for me because Conte has a very different vision of football to mine," he told dailymail.com. He also said he never had the chance to play in his preferred position and that Napoli played very defensively.
The move to Napoli has still produced output. He has made 10 Serie A appearances and scored 3 goals, while the club sit 10th in Serie A. Even so, his tone about the football side is not especially warm, and that sits alongside the family comments rather neatly.
The Everton link remains more noise than substance. Duncan Ferguson told liverpoolecho.co.uk: "I wouldn't see him at Everton, no. I don't think that would be a David Moyes signing. That maybe would be somebody else doing that, I would think." That lines up with the other reporting around the story, which treats the link as rumour rather than a move in motion.
Manchester City only comes into the picture as the club he left for Italy in the summer of 2025, but the main theme is now clearer. Napoli has not sounded like a long-term home in football terms or in family terms, and the strongest public signpost points toward Limburg rather than Merseyside.
Written by Daniel Hartley with AI-assisted research, cross-checked against 4 outlets. How we work →
