{"id":919348,"date":"2026-07-12T16:13:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/12\/de-bruyne-reassures-napoli-fans-of-return-to-full-fitness\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T16:13:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:13:28","slug":"de-bruyne-reassures-napoli-fans-of-return-to-full-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/12\/de-bruyne-reassures-napoli-fans-of-return-to-full-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"De Bruyne reassures Napoli fans of return to full fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.performgroup.com\/di\/library\/omnisport\/3\/51\/kevin-de-bruyne_2gcfqa8xt2mizeg52c6j48rg.jpg?t=1467172063\" alt=\"Soccer De Bruyne reassures Napoli fans of return to full fitness\">\n                        <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/serie-a\/\"><br \/>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/soccer-news\/img\/tn-icon.svg\" alt=\"Soccer competition icon\"><br \/>\n                                    Serie A News                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Syndicated reporting provided by Stats Perform and reviewed by the SoccerNews editorial team.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Kevin De Bruyne reassured Napoli fans &#8220;I&#8217;ll be back&#8221; after his injury-hit season finally came to an end on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>After struggling with a thigh injury for the majority of the 2025-26 campaign, De Bruyne returned for the final three months of Napoli&#8217;s season before featuring at the World Cup for Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>He helped his country reach the quarter-finals in what will likely be his final appearance at the tournament, while Napoli finished second in Serie A after failing to retain their title.<\/p>\n<p>De Bruyne made just 18 league appearances for Napoli in his debut season and three more in the Champions League, where Napoli were knocked out in the league phase.<\/p>\n<p>However, following Belgium&#8217;s World Cup exit to Spain, the 35-year-old insisted he can return in good condition after a break.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me take a break, I\u2019ve just finished the last game of the season,&#8221; said De Bruyne.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"it\">La nostra storia, cucita addosso.<br \/>\n19:26 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iZ7bAiV7ZA\">pic.twitter.com\/iZ7bAiV7ZA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sscnapoli\/status\/2074103890115449268?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s been a tough year. I worked hard, and I\u2019ve shown I can return in top condition after a very serious injury.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let me take a break, and then I\u2019ll be back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Napoli will be under new management for the 2026-27 season, with Massimiliano Allegri replacing Antonio Conte at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>Their Serie A campaign starts on August 22, when they travel to face Genoa, while their first home game comes against Como a week later.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/de-bruyne-reassures-napoli-fans-of-return-to-full-fitness\/401746\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>SoccerNews Editorial Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Serie A News Syndicated reporting provided by Stats Perform and reviewed by the SoccerNews editorial team. Kevin De Bruyne reassured Napoli fans &#8220;I&#8217;ll be back&#8221; after his injury-hit season finally came to an end on Friday. After struggling with a thigh injury for the majority of the 2025-26 campaign, De Bruyne returned for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":919349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72196,23411,2005],"tags":[72194,99339],"class_list":["post-919348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bruyne","category-reassures","category-soccer","tag-bruyne","tag-reassures"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}