Manchester City midfielder, Bernardo Silva quit From the club, reports on its native Portugal state, as accelerated by the necessary reconstruction at the Etihad stadium.
At the back of a fourth historical title of the successive Premier League last season, City now risks its worst completion under Pep Guardiola’s direction. There are also no guarantees that even qualify for the champion league next season.
The template has reached its natural expiration: As Silva himself said – And the reestablishment began in January when more than 170 million pounds were spent on Omar Marmoush, Nico Gonzalez, Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis. And while Ilkay Gundogan is staying For another year, Kevin de Bruyne is in summer And Kyle Walker has already left. Now, Silva could also go to the door and a farewell.
In Portugal, Ball He writes that a proposed return to the old Benfica of Club Avança. There is “optimism” of the Lisbon giants to which an agreement can be reached and the “foundations have been put” in early conversations with Silva and with Silva and Manchester City.
Benfica seeks to invest and recruit Silva, 30, would be considered as symbolic of this commitment, as much as a momentum in a sporting sense. It could also be an opportunity for the club to replace Angel di Maria, 37, although the veteran may be left anyway.
Silva comes from Lisbon and started his career with Benfica since he was eight. He advanced to the first team as a teenager, but made only three appearances before a change that defined his degree in Monaco. It was there that he was part of an exciting team that defeated Paris Saint-Germain in the title of League 1 in 2016/17 and reached the semifinals of the Champions League.
There was an interest in Manchester United, but Silva joined the city in an agreement of 43.5 million pounds in summer and has since played almost 400 games for the club for about eight seasons. But his future in Manchester has been unsafe and disabled since 2020When it grew for the first time during the blockade of Covid-19, with the interest of Barcelona and PSG in recent years.
