De Bruyne is very close to the historical record in the Premier League

De Bruyne is very close to the historical record in the Premier League.

De Bruyne aims to become the player with the highest numbers of assist in Premier League history. Henry is the king with 20 during a season.

The fight for the ‘king’ of the Premier League, in terms of assists, continues.

With 17 assists so far, Kevin De Bruyne is five ahead of Trent Alexander-Arnold in the race for the best of the season in the Premier League in terms of assists.

With 9 games left, De Bruyne will now aim for the historic record of Thierry Henry, only Mesut Ozil has so far approached the Frenchman.

In the 2002/03 season, Henry donated 20 assists to Arsenal, mostly during a season in Premier League history.

But before he can think of Henry’s record, De Bruyne must pass; Frank Lampard, who with Chelsea in 2004/05 donated 18 assists, as much as Cesc Fabregas 11 seasons later with Arsenal.

Meanwhile, in the 2015/16 season, Mesut Ozil came very close to Thierry Henry, but failed to equal this record or break it.

He finished the season with 19 assists, one less than Henry.

If Bruyne continues with this pace of donating assists even after the return of the season, he will break the record.