Chelsea advisor Piet de Visser is delighted seeing Manchester City ace Kevin de Bruyne reaching his potential.

De Visser first identified the Belgian for Chelsea.

He recalled: “One of the best players I've scouted, is Kevin De Bruyne . About six years ago I was for a while in Belgium to look around, because then already got some talent. Especially regular at RacingGenk, because the club had very good childhood. I saw De Bruyne for the first time.

“I had to take action, I plucked up courage and took a tape to the big boss of Chelsea, Roman Abramovich. Roman is a true football fan, who wants to not only win, but also want to see good football. He looked at that tape, said nothing, but went straight to call the scouting. 'That De Bruyne has to come,' he said. If the big boss looks down at you, then that is of course a fantastic entry."

“Chelsea decided in early 2012 to take him anyway and paid around nine million euros. That was a lot of money for a young footballer, but in the meantime there were a lot of clubs after him. I told Abramovich that De Bruyne would end up being worth tenfold and that's true today."