Henry worked with De Bruyne as Roberto Martinez's No2 with Belgium.
The France U21 coach told Supersport: I have never seen a football brain like Kevin's.
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And I played with, among others, Xavi, who was already more than smart. But how De Bruyne sees football... that can sometimes even get him into trouble.
What I have seen him do during training and in matches... Even I sometimes did not know which planet De Bruyne was on. Then it sometimes drove him crazy, simply because his teammates were not at the same level."