....It seemed harsh to force Silva's former manager Unai Emery to watch the player whom the financially troubled La Liga club have just lost and then discuss his merits too, but Emery was gracious and suggested that Mancini had immediately found the right way of deploying him.
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His best position is playing off two strikers and just behind them like he played tonight," Emery said. "We used to occasionally play him with just one guy in front but what he needs is freedom, he needs to be able to receive the ball then play other people in and if that means him going out on the wings from time to time then that is fine. He has an eye for goal as well and you also need to get the best out of him in front."
Shay Given has compared Silva to Tottenham's Luka Modric, and said: "He'll bring real presence to the team. He can drift into little gaps and holes, he can see through-balls and that killer pass." While at 5ft 7in Silva is an inch and a half smaller than the Croatian, he seems to seek out the ball more than the Spurs player and put himself at the heart of the build-up....
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