Ballon d'Or Power Ranking: October 2019

#6 Kevin De Bruyne

Well, the magic is back, normal services have been restored and Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne is looking up and picking out his forwards with the accuracy of an Olympic archer. The Manchester City midfielder had been on fire this past month and he absolutely decimated any team that came his way.

After starting the month off in the worst possible manner, losing to the recently promoted Norwich City, Kevin De Bruyne decided to take on the responsibility himself and make sure City never get outscored. He has subsequently laid out 4 assists and scored 1 goal in the next 3 games, with 2 of those assists and the goal coming in City's thumping of Watford.

De Bruyne is arguably the best central midfielder in the world right now and though they find themselves trailing Liverpool in the Premier League by a fair margin already, nobody will be daring enough to write Manchester City off when they have players of KDB's calibre on their roster.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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Edited by Arvind Sriram