Bernardo Silva is sending an important warning to two Man City players
It is clear to everyone why Pep Guardiola was so keen to keep Bernardo Silva this summer.
Of course, this was already evident to Manchester City supporters but the Portugal playmaker seems to have raised his levels in recent matches, especially so in the derby win when he ran the match. The 29-year-old helped out defensively while also starting several attacking moves, joining in himself at times.
Bernardo has been at the club for six years now and, as is the case with nearly all of Guardiola’s early signings, has grown to become one of the team’s most reliable players. Barcelona took one of them last season after Ilkay Gundogan had lifted the Treble.
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The Nou Camp was also calling for Bernardo, and not for the first time. The midfielder had spoken to the Spanish giants in the summer of 2022 before Guardiola convinced him to stay, with the same happening this year.
In fact in August he penned an extension which keeps him at the Etihad until 2026. Ever since, Silva has shown his super strength - versatility. Many named him as a candidate to fill into Kevin De Bruyne’s role amid the Belgian’s long-term injury.
Phil Foden was another, but it is Julian Alvarez who has thrived there, perhaps unexpectedly. That has not been without the help of Bernardo. He has played on the right and in the middle five times apiece this season, helping the attack in both roles.
More recently, he has been asked to be Rodri’s aide. In the last four Premier League games, he has played as a deeper-lying midfielder who is going box-to-box in his own way. He has excelled and is consequently making Mateo Kovacic and Matheus Nunes scramble
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