Another pillar of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City will soon leave. After the departures of Kyle Walker in 20124 and those last summer of Kevin De Bruyne (Naples), Ederson and Ilkay Gündogan (Galatasaray), it is Bernardo Silva who should also set sail. Cityzens player since 2017, after his incredible epic with AS Monaco in the Champions League (semi-final), Bernardo Silva made the right choice. Under the Spaniard’s orders, the Portuguese international has considerably filled his trophy case. Winner of a Champions League, an Intercontinental Cup and 6 English championships, the former Asemist has won everything. But he’s still hungry. At 31, the Lisbon native now wants to help Portugal make history. After winning Euro 2016 in France, Bernardo Silva said he hopes to lift the 2026 World Cup, before confiding that this 2025/2026 season will undoubtedly be his last in the City jersey.
“I always dreamed of winning titles, but I never imagined winning six Premier Leagues in eight years. Football has given me more than I could have imagined, but it doesn’t stop there, I have a lot of ambition and I want to continue at the highest level. I have a big dream, that of being world champion with Portugal, and we are going to fight for that. Then, later, and I don’t like to make long term plans, I’m very focused, I have my last year of contract with Manchester City, I want to finish the season well, win something in this club which gave me so much, in the last part of my career there, then be world champion with Portugal, the dream of the Portuguese”he said on the show Futebol Arte broadcast on Sports TV. No one yet knows if Bernardo Silva will be able to lift the Grail with the Seleção das Quinas next summer in the United States, but what is certain is that a big chapter in his career will close in England. Enough to revive rumors of interest from Juventus, Benfica and Saudi Arabia where Al-Hilal tried his luck last summer.
