Man City issue huge Bernardo Silva future update as summer move mooted | OneFootball

Portuguese has been linked with moves to Serie A and La Liga

Manchester City assistant head coach Pep Lijnders has suggested Bernardo Silva will leave the club this summer.

He said: “You never replace a player with the same kind of player because they don't exist.

“Bernardo Silva is unique. 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.

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

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

Silva’s departure would leave a huge hole in City’s squad, though the club reportedly hold an interest in signing Nottingham Forest’s Eliott Anderson as a replacement.

Lijnders also suggested City’s academy could hold a potential replacement.

“You hope, with our academy, with the young players we already bought that they can make that step as well in the midfield positions.

“If you see our young boys in the academy, then they have to make that step and to grow.

“But the most important is that the seniors who stay for a long time, that they stay, that they are always there and, around that, you can move.”