David Silva

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has had his say on the comparison between Manchester City legend David Silva and Arsenal playmaker Martin Odegaard. Arteta spoke about the comparison in his post-match reaction to the 5-0 away win over Norwich City. According to him, David Silva is the best that he has seen in the playmaker role and that Martin Odegaard has a long way to go before he can get to that level.

In recent weeks, Norwegian international Martin Odegaard has been compared with veteran Spanish midfielder David Silva who plays his football at La Liga side Real Sociedad in his native Spain.

In-form Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva has drawn comparison with club legend David Silva who left the Citizens last summer to return to his native Spain. David Silva signed for Spanish La Liga club Real Sociedadon a free transfer shortly after he ended his ten-year stay at the Etihad Stadium.

Ex-Manchester City and Aston Villa goalkeeper Shay Given waxed lyrical about Portugal international Bernardo Silva in the latest edition of Matchday Live after the petite player produced a sensational performance to lead Manchester City to a 2-1 win at the home of Aston Villa. According to Given, Bernardo Silva is almost a clone of David Silva. Given knows a lot about David Silva whom he played with during his time at the Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City are one of the biggest teams in the Premier League and on the European football stage and they have a lot of young players on their books from Liam Delap to Sam Edozieto Cole Palmer. However, James McAtee is widely regarded as the biggest of all the youngtalents at Manchester City and he has been labelled the new David Silva.

Pep Guardiola is the Manchester City manager and he has already given opportunities to some of the young players at the club. Young winger Edozie featured from the start for Manchester City during the Community Shield clash with Leicester City. Ex-Manchester City star Iheanacho scored the only goal of the game on the way to a 1-0 win for the Foxes.

Real Sociedad playmaker David Silva returned to the La Liga pitch at the weekend during the thrilling 2-2 draw with Spanish champions Atletico Madrid. David Silva made the starting XI for the first time since returning from his latest injury layoff.

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Spanish playmaker David Silva was not in the Real Sociedad squad for the Europa League group stage clash with French side AS Monaco. David Silva missed the Group B clash with Monaco due to a muscle injury.

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Spanish international David Silva was a major absentee as his Real Sociedad secured a late win over Granada to maintain their place in the top three on the Spanish La Liga standings. David Silva was not in the Real Sociedad squad that fought for the three points at the expense of home team Granada in a La Liga clash played this week.

Former Manchester City midfielder David Silva is considered a club legend at the Etihad and in fact, has a statue of himself just outside the stadium of the English Premier League club. The former Spain international midfielder had a glorious career at the Etihad Stadium, winning a couple of titles and being a part of the City side that started the dominance in the Premier League under manager Pep Guardiola after the Spanish manager took over the club back in the summer of 2016.

Guardiola is still the manager of the club and is still helping them become serious title contenders both domestically and in Europe. The Cityzens are the current English Premier League champions and reached the final of the UEFA Champions League last season but they were unfortunately beaten by a more spirited Chelsea side managed by Thomas Tuchel.

Lazio starlet Luka Romero has drawn comparison with both David Silva and Lionel Messi. Romero was seen as one of the best young prospects in the Spanish league before he was snapped up by the Italian Serie A capital club.
Italian capital club Lazio are known to be conservative amongst the top teams in the Serie A. Lazio have turned to cost-effective deals in the past years due to the high success rate attached to them.

Important players at Lazio such as Lucas Leiva, Francesco Acerbi, Ciro Immobile and Luis Alberto signed for the club via low transfer fees. The aforementioned players went on to produce better output than their transfer fee.

Lazio starlet Luka Romero has drawn comparison with both David Silva and Lionel Messi. Romero was seen as one of the best young prospects in the Spanish league before he was snapped up by the Italian Serie A capital club.

Italian capital club Lazio are known to be conservative amongst the top teams in the Serie A. Lazio have turned to cost-effective deals in the past years due to the high success rate attached to them.

Important players at Lazio such as Lucas Leiva, Francesco Acerbi, Ciro Immobile and Luis Alberto signed for the club via low transfer fees. The aforementioned players went on to produce better output than their transfer fee.

Lazio sporting director Igli Tare has been praised for low risk, high reward transfers over the past years. Tare and Lazio have made another signing with teenage sensation Luka Romero. The Italians paid just a training premium for the hot prospect.

Manchester City legend David Silva has opened up on his future plans as he enters into the final month of his two-year contract at Spanish La Liga club Real Sociedad. David Silva attained legendary status at the Etihad Stadium in the colours of Manchester City before leaving the club to join Real Sociedad on a free transfer last summer.Silva spent a decade in Manchester on the back of his transfer from Valencia.

David Silva talked extensively about his career plans in an exclusive interview with AS Diario as the Spaniard revealed that he won't make a decision on his future until the end of next season.