Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva’s spectacular form this season was rewarded with a new six-12 months deal on Wednesday.

The Portuguese playmaker has arguably been the English champions’ player of the yr so far, scoring 9 goals in 40 appearances.

“It can be an honour to lengthen my deal with Manchester City,” Silva said in a club assertion.

“This club delivers every little thing a player wants to fulfil their ambitions and there’s nowhere else I want to be.

“As shortly as I listened to City preferred me to stay more time, my head was made up. I love the club, the manager, the players and the fans.

“The model of football we play below excites me, and I am decided to win extra trophies.

City presents me the greatest likelihood of carrying out that.”Silva has already gained a Premiership League title and two League Cups due to the fact becoming a member of from Monaco for a noted 43 million ($56 million) in 2017.

And far more could quickly comply with as the 24-year-old was on focus on in City’s 7- thrashing of Schalke on Tuesday as they progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

Pep Guardiola’s men continue to be on training course for an unprecedented quadruple of trophies this season as they also lead the Premier League by a point from Liverpool and face Swansea in the FA Cup quarter-finals on Saturday.

“Below the steering of Pep and the backroom personnel we have right here, we be expecting to see him create into a person of the world’s finest players around the coming yrs,” mentioned City’s director of football Txiki Begiristain.

“Bernardo is an remarkable expertise, so presenting him a new deal and making sure he spends the most effective decades of his vocation with us was a quite effortless decision.

“We are constructing a side that will give a system for sustained accomplishment. Bernardo fits neatly into our strategy.”

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