Bernardo Silva: Manchester Metropolis playmaker ‘pleased’ however might search exit in future, says Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola insists Bernardo Silva is pleased at Manchester Metropolis however has hinted the midfielder might select to depart the membership sooner or later.

The Portuguese worldwide, who has 4 years remaining on his Metropolis contract, was linked with a departure from the Etihad Stadium over the past switch window, amid options that the £100m arrival of Jack Grealish might see his first-team alternatives restricted this season.

Silva although has began 5 of Metropolis’s six Premier League video games up to now this time period. The 27-year-old scored the winner within the 1-0 victory away at Leicester earlier in September and he impressed alongside Rodri in a deeper-lying central midfield position in Saturday’s win over fellow title favourites Chelsea.

Guardiola, who in August confirmed the membership was open to the prospect of permitting Silva to depart, mentioned: “All I need is for Bernardo to be pleased, right here or wherever. All I need is his happiness as a result of he is a man that deserves the very best.

“He is so intuitive – it is not his position as a holding midfielder however he is aware of precisely learn how to play it and learn how to anticipate what will occur, with the ball or with out the ball.

“Towards Norwich he performed distinctive, in opposition to Arsenal he performed distinctive, Southampton performed on the degree of the staff – that was not good.

“However how effectively he performed in opposition to Chelsea isn’t any shock. What number of instances have we seen it? He was an unbelievable signing for us as a result of he is an distinctive particular person.”

Silva performed an integral half in Guardiola’s aspect’s Premier League title triumph final season, the midfielder’s third English top-flight crown, in addition to their run to the 2020/21 Champions League last.

The playmaker has additionally lifted the League Cup 4 instances and the FA Cup as soon as throughout his time at Metropolis, for whom he has scored 36 instances and made 44 assists in 208 appearances since he signed from AS Monaco in 2017.

Guardiola added: “I always remember the second Premier League we received, with 98 factors, he was the very best participant in England. He was nominated [for an award] however he was the very best.

“After that season, later he dropped somewhat bit, he was not within the place he prefers however now he is again and hopefully he may help us.

“If, on the finish, he needs to depart and decides [to go] the one factor I can say is that the man or the membership that will get Bernardo goes to take the most effective gamers on the earth.

Sunday third October 4:00pm


Kick off 4:30pm

“Is he happier? You can not play on this means if you’re not pleased, it is inconceivable.”

Following their triumph in opposition to Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea, Metropolis meet Paris Saint-Germain in Champions League Group A motion on the Parc des Princes on Tuesday earlier than a top-of-the-table-clash with Liverpool on October 3.