David Silva will leave Manchester City at the end of the season as one of the club’s all-time greats. More than 400 appearances, four league titles, two FA Cups, Silva has been as integral to City ’s recent success as any other player at the club.
Since Pep Guardiola arrived, his role changed slightly, shifting from a central attacking midfield position into what Guardiola described as a ‘half-eight’, Silva and Kevin de Bruyne flanking a lone defensive midfielder in an inverted central midfield triangle.
This position has suited Silva perfectly. A left-footed creator playing in a roaming box-to-box role, he is given the freedom to drift wide or move centrally, to find pockets of space between the defensive lines and receive the ball on
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