Lijnders suggests Bernardo Silva is set to leave Manchester City | OneFootball

Manchester City assistant boss Pep Lijnders has suggested Bernardo Silva will leave the club at the end of the season.

Speaking after his side’s FA Cup quarter-final win over Liverpool, Lijnders said he hoped Bernardo Silva would enjoy his “last months” at the club, indicating he will leave when his contract expires this summer.

“You never replace a player with the same kind of player, because they don’t exist. Bernardo Silva is unique,” he said.

“The way he controls games, the way he moves, the way he receives, the way he leads, the way he sees the solutions, all these things.

“You never search for a replacement of one type of player, you search for what is needed to grow with the team and somebody who can fit in the first XI.

“And then you hope with our academy, with the young players we already bought, that they can make that step as well in the midfield positions. But if you see our young boys in the academy, they have to make that step and to grow.

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“But the most important is that the seniors will stay for a long time, that they stay, that the core is there and around that you can move.

“But it will be hard, because as I said, in the game, when he’s not playing, you will see how he’s missed. And that’s one game. Imagine a season?

“But every good story comes to an end. I hope he enjoys the last months, it is only six weeks, and he has a good farewell and he deserves all that attention as well.”

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