David Silva leaves City after 10 years

Always dreaded the day he leaves, but it feels like the right time. He'll rightly be remembered as one of our greatest ever players, and one of the most decorated too. Hopefully he'll have a good season, and go out on a high.
 
He deserves his name chanting at every game next season. For me our clubs greatest player on & off the pitch.

Over to you Foden ;-)
 
I think the main reason I'm sad about this one, much more so than Zabba or Kompany, is I fully believe both of them will be back sooner rather than later, helping to run the club.


With Silva, I'm pretty sure he's gonna retire back to Gran Canaria post-football and we'll never see him again, except maybe in an advert for the local hotel or tourist board.
 
If he starts in City's last home game and is then taken off after, say, 75 minutes, can you even begin to imagine the volume of cheering that will explode as he departs?

I shall certainly be unable to contain my tears of emotion if that happens.
 
cleavers said:
No problem with that, but I'd rather a City website reporter broke the story to us fans, rather than some arse from the mirror.

24 hours on we still have nothing from City, I just think its a bit odd, it wouldn't take much for a 5 minute sound bite from Pep or Txiki on the website, highlighting how great he has been (and still will be for another season), obviously there will be plenty of plaudits in 11 months time, but just a brief acknowledgement would have been nice.

He is probably our greatest ever player.

Perhaps the news wasn't totally expected ?
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Perhaps the club hasn’t given up hope that he’ll extend one more year?
 
BlueCityfan said:
I think this will be Ferna's final season as well. His contract ends the same day Silva's. And he is 1 year older.
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Just had thought, could all these changes inspire Pep and his team to stay a little longer as the personnel (old guard) in the changing room would have evolved therefore mitigating the likelihood of players getting tired of hearing his stuff time and time again?

The arrival of fresh and willing to learn players might just ecourage him to stay, rebuild and if possible win the European Cup.
 
Caught the headline on bbc football as I was gettin ready for work yesterday, just thought..........................bugger. Hoped it might have been a mistake but was still there when I got home. Thanks for everything Dave, you are a true legend and the grace and poise with which you play the beautiful game has been something to behold, respect your decision and I am sure every blue wishes you and your family all the very best for the future, oh, and whatever this final season here brings, you have already cemented your place in the City goat line up.
 
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
After the Euros.....
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Even with the Euro's, we will have preseason games and a testimonial is basically part of that run up.

I would imagine most of the people Silva might like to invite to a testimonial would be internationally retired anyway - 2008-2012 era Spain players, 2010-2016 era City players.
 
Blue_eyes said:
Caught the headline on bbc football as I was gettin ready for work yesterday, just thought..........................bugger. Hoped it might have been a mistake but was still there when I got home. Thanks for everything Dave, you are a true legend and the grace and poise with which you play the beautiful game has been something to behold, respect your decision and I am sure every blue wishes you and your family all the very best for the future, oh, and whatever this final season here brings, you have already cemented your place in the City goat line up.
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Unbelievable fact...……….."Silva has just a solitary Premier League player of the month award to his name, in September 2011."
 
7evens said:
And so passes my favourite footballer of all time.

I remember when he first came to City, and that old Paul Merson proverb followed him around. "Will someone of his stature be able to cope with the physical nature of the Premier League?" Well, I can't ever recall hearing that question asked once he started playing regularly. Silva bent the Premier League to his will. He had this unmatched ability to not only control the pace of an individual game, but the aesthetics of the sport as a whole. Nobody plays the game like he does. It's not just that he "sees the passes nobody else does", it's the way he holds his body and moves with the ball - and the fact that he's left-footed on top of that, to be honest. You could easily pick him out a line-up just from the way he stands.

There are almost too many moments to list as examples of his brilliance - the goal at Loftus Road, that mid-air dragback against Bournemouth, the pass to Dzeko for number six - but his performance away at Hull City during the 2014 title chase always stands out for me. Down to ten men, our captain sent off after ten minutes, Javi Garcia and Martin Demichelis as our centre-back pairing, Silva might has well have taken the armband himself in that moment. He dragged us through the game with a brilliant goal from distance in the first half and then a gorgeous assist for Dzeko late on. He constantly made sure that Hull never got a foothold in the contest and made sure we left with three valuable points we never looked like getting.

The time is right, but the heart-breaking countdown has begun.
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I have to agree about the Hull game; Merlin was absolutely magnificent that day.

After Vinnie was sent off, I feared the worst, but David just dominated the game, grabbed it by the scruff of its neck and guided us to a brilliant win.

THAT pass at the swamp for No. 6 is also one of the highlights of his career, and although it will never go down as a classic, his goal at Wembley last month was a bit special too, as it was his tenth of the season and meant we had seven players in double figures.

David Silva is one of my all-time favourites, and there are too many magical moments to list, or even recall them all, but the memories will live forever.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
I'm not really one for statues, and certainly don't want to see them dotted around the stadium.

However, the embers of the first tangible cycle are now flickering.

I would rather see something which acknowledged the true greatness of the collective?

Sergio, Vinny and David.

City's rebirth.
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I'm not a huge fan either. Maine Road had history and didn't need statues to confirm it. But age was in its favour. We have had huge moments at the Etihad now but statues must be reserved for those that stand out above all others. I don't think it is fair to nod to Sergio, David and Vinny when many previous greats remain overlooked other than Bell.

The club should make a point of getting our previous greats honoured before current players get statues. David is one of our best ever, Sergio the top scorer and Vinny the most successful captain but it would be a more positive PR campaign to acknowledge historic success first to remind other uneducated morons we have existed long before ADUG.
 
What a truly magnificent player and every time I have heard him speak, a humble and genuine man. I think it’s the right time to go.
The only thing missing in David’s locker is an iconic goal - the type that is remembered for ever not just by us but by the wider football public. Sergi, VK and Yaya all have them and I wonder......just maybe if David’s will come this season in the CL?
Watching him has given me an appreciation of football I didn’t fully have before.
It will be truly sad when he leaves
 
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