David Silva

When Manu Garcia told Goal back in 2015 that he would relish the prospect of working with Patrick Vieira again in the future, it’s unlikely he was thinking about Crystal Palace and Selhurst Park. Garcia, at the time of Vieira’s cross-Atlantic switch from Manchester City’s U23s to the New York City FC hotseat, was one of the most promising young talents rising through the ranks at the Premier League giants. A twinkle-toed playmaker often likened to a young David Silva for his balletic footwork, outstanding awareness and eye for a defence-splitting pass.

Jesse Marsch’s Leeds United and Ralph Hasenhuttl’s Southampton are interested in signing James McAtee from Manchester City in the summer transfer window, according to The Daily Mail. The report has claimed that Leeds and Southampton both want to sign Manchester City midfielder McAtee this summer. The youngster could be used to negotiations between Premier League champions City and Leeds over the transfer of England international midfielder Kalvin Phillips.

Manchester City have seen some big names make moves away from the Etihad Stadium in the past few years. Figures such as Vincent Kompany, Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero have waved goodbye to the club in recent memory after becoming such integral and successful club figures. Another famous name that left the club after making a massive impact on not just City but on the Premier League is David Silva.

Veteran Spanish playmaker David Silva has agreed a one-year contract extension at Real Sociedad. The former Manchester City star, 36, was set to see his contract expire at the end of the season but has signed up for another 12 months.

Real Sociedad playmaker David Silva is suspended for the La Ligavisit to Rayo Vallecano. David Silva will serve the second of his two-match ban after his red card during the recent league game with Real Betis earlier in the month.

David Silva was given a red card in the third minute of stoppage time during the home game with Betis which ended in a goalless draw. He was given the first red card of his La Liga careerafter a melee happened in the final moments of the game.

Silva was sent off by centre referee Isidro Diaz de MeraEscuderos after he reacted angrily to his failure to give his team a foul towards the end of the game.

Spanish playmaker David Silva was featured from the start as his Real Sociedad side sealed a 2-1 win over home team Elche to boost their push for European football. David Silva played from start until the 79thminute before he was replaced by Spanish player AihenMunoz. Ex-Manchester City midfielder David Silva has a return of one goal and three assists in 21 Spanish La Liga appearances this season. In addition, he made four Europa League appearances in the colours of Real Sociedad beforethe Spanish La Liga heavyweights were eliminated from the competition.

Liverpool can head off a Newcastle transfer plan while they still have far greater pull, delaying another Man City emergence and getting a Mohamed Salah heir. When it comes to Liverpool transfer strategy, thwarting Newcastle United’s aims will not be high up the list of priorities.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes that it would be difficult for petite midfielder Bernardo Silva to win the Ballon d'Or as he praised the Portuguese international who has been in very good form for the Premier League holders this season.

The current football era has been the one where we have seen most cases of former players going on to become managers either for the teams they played for in their career or some other clubs. The continued occurrence of this scenario has opened an even bigger window of opportunities to players currently nearing the end of their playing careers as it is becoming even more likely that they may be able to return to their respective clubs and become managers in the future. We have already seen cases like Olé Gunnar Solksjaer at Manchester United, Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa, Patrick Vieira at Crystal Palace, Frank Lampard at Chelsea (formerly) and at Everton (presently), and others in the Premier League alone this season.

David Silva is a City legend. The midfielder joined City in 2010, and heralded the most successful period of the club's history. A statue of David Silva sits outside the Etihad stadium which goes to show how much he is valued at the club.

The Spanaird left City in the summer of 2020 to join Spanish side Real Sociedad, while his time at the club may have been up his influence still leaves on. Those at City are at the lookout for players in the mold of Silva, that would replace the kind of quality performance that he gave for ten years.