The thing is, last season from summer to the winter break, Silva was absolutely amazing. At that point, he was one of the five best players in the world, putting in more impressive performances than Iniesta for example. But that was for about three months only.
Having watched him quite a lot at Valencia, I had never seen such a display of form, and we haven't seen anything remotely as good since then. So was it a one-time short period raise in quality, or could we expect to see that again?
I hope the arrival of Pellegrini will mean Silva gets a boost. We need him at his best.