Bernardo Silva has stated that being made Manchester Metropolis captain by Pep Guardiola is one among his “greatest honours” and that he’ll look to Rodri, Erling Haaland and Rúben Dias to assist him.
Silva is the primary captain Guardiola has appointed in a 17-year teaching profession, having beforehand allowed his gamers at Metropolis, Bayern Munich and Barcelona to vote on who ought to lead them.
Silva stated: “It’s most likely one of many greatest honours of my profession. I’m going to begin my ninth season on the membership. We went by way of a variety of implausible moments and a few disappointments as properly. All that have, I’ll attempt to go it to the youthful guys. However the management in a staff, it’s not about one man. It’s not about me, it’s not in regards to the final captain or the captain two or three or 4 years in the past. It’s about every one among us being our personal chief and serving to the man subsequent to us within the dressing room.
“The identical means that we helped the opposite guys, I’m relying on Rúben, on Rodri, on Erling, on all the fellows to assist me. As a result of I’ll want that assist to assist the staff obtain a variety of issues and hopefully win titles.”
Guardiola’s change of coverage comes after he voiced disquiet initially of the Membership World Cup over what occurred final season. He hinted that the departure of Kyle Walker, Silva’s predecessor, on mortgage to Milan in January, was an element. “I didn’t like what occurred final season,” he stated.
After Metropolis beat Juventus 5-2 to prime Group G with a most 9 factors they are going to face Al-Hilal within the final 16 on Monday at Orlando’s Tenting World Stadium. The sport is a 2am BST kick-off on Tuesday. Silva stated of the Juventus sport: “We had an excellent efficiency in opposition to a troublesome staff. They beat us final season within the Champions League 2-0.”
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Rodri impressed in a primary begin since he sustained an anterior cruciate ligament damage final September, taking part in 65 minutes. “Everybody is aware of how necessary he’s for us,” Silva stated. “We’re completely happy that slowly he’s getting again to his finest stage. We all know that it takes time with the damage that he had. However I believe he confirmed that he’s getting higher and higher. And even not nonetheless at 100%, he helps so much.”