David Silva proudly shows off the Premier League trophy after Manchester City won the 2017/18 title. Silva can’t affect the game in his current position. His high pass accuracy has been spoken about, however, he also made the most passes per 90 in the database at 67.38 per 90. Reece James was among a group of young Chelsea players who became fixtures under Frank Lampard. This visual creates a profile first impression, however, video analysis will now be used to investigate Silva and build a scout report to find out how he could help Real Sociedad compete for the Champions League places next season. Even as captain, he rarely gives post-match interviews. He could have also swapped positions with Gundogan as Gundogan had to follow Hector Bellerin in the penalty box rather than block the cross. He was not dismissed, as Touré was, because of the behavior of an antagonistic agent. The 34-year-old had amassed 434 appearances for City, scoring 77 goals, providing 137 assists and winning four Premier League titles after joining from Valencia in 2010, but was out of contract this summer. The absence of information is such that we have no choice but to do what is, now, increasingly rare: base our opinion of him on what he did on the field, and not what he was like off it. It was strange, but we live in a society now where everybody just wants to be the best possible version of themselves don’t they? The glowing testimonies to his impact, though, stretched beyond City. David Silva 2020: Real Sociedadeko kanariar erdilariaren azken ordukoa. Silva, in that sense, has been disruptive.
An allergy to grass but when he plays he’s fucking class. The former Spain international was presented in the club’s Anoeta stadium a fortnight ago having completed his move from Manchester City as a free agent earlier this month. The test, now, will be whether he can deliver on it quickly enough to satisfy Chelsea’s ambitions. Manchester City incredibly controlled 65.40% of ball possession last season, Real Sociedad also like to control ball possession as they averaged 57.00% ball possession. His silence has been such that we have had only occasional glimpses into his personal life, and even then because of the seriousness of the situation: late in 2017, his son, Mateo, was born three months premature, and spent the first few months of his life in intensive care. Silva didn’t score but others did, including Jaime Mata, the 31-year-old who didn’t even make his first division debut until he was 29 and then got into the Spain squad. Drives round Moss Side with a wallet full of cash.” But our songs about Silva were more prosaic because there were no headline-grabbing stories about him. He is selfless (often providing the assist to the assist, particularly for overlapping full-backs), tenacious and he rarely loses the ball. He says he wasn’t a good enough player to learn from Silva on the pitch. Sergio Aguero is in a position to receive the ball through on goal. Last modified on Sat 18 Jul 2020 06.47 EDT. David was just the most naturally gifted player I’ve ever played with.”, What did he learn from him? That will not apply next year. Yet the strange thing about Silva is that many fans would struggle to find a special moment – Vincent Kompany is defined by the winners against United and Leicester that helped secure league titles, Sergio Agüero for the last-second winner that won City their first league title in the most extraordinary finish to a season, Yaya by his FA Cup winner. With the arrival of Luis Suárez, can Atlético Madrid challenge for La Liga title this season. But, in Silva’s goodbye, there was evidence to suggest that the changes had benefited him in the long run, too. Here comes David Silva... pic.twitter.com/zF7rtKpDuE. It is hard to think of a manager less like the tempestuous Mancini than his artfully monotone successor, Manuel Pellegrini. David Silva has trained with his new Real Sociedad teammates for the first time after successfully recovering from Covid-19. Bayern has what can fairly be described as a reasonable chance of going through. Real Sociedad switched between the 4-1-4-1 (36.8% of matches) and 4-2-3-1 (26%) formations last season. “If we had been a bit better in front of goal, we could have taken the win,” Alguacil said. The next season we won our first league title in 44 years. But Silva loved it, and gave out as good as he got, if not more. He is 41. La Liga kicks off on the weekend of 12th September as fans await Silva’s La Liga return with anticipation. Daniel Silva is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of of the Gabriel Allon series. Read about our approach to external linking. The playmaker has retired from international duty but won a notable 125 caps for La Roja, scoring 25 goals and winning three major tournaments – winning two European Championship crowns alongside the 2010 World Cup. The interviews always followed roughly the same beat. If it had happened fast, things then slowed down. He assisted another goal very similar to this one. The encouragement does not end there. There was — and it is hard to think of another player, perhaps Lionel Messi aside, who is afforded this — no discussion of his personality at all. Manchester City’s tactics last season allowed Silva to play in an advanced position as his side liked to control the match in the opposition half, shown by how high the central midfielders are in the visual below. An example of this is in Manchester City’s first meeting with Bournemouth where Silva again picked up the ball in between the lines. Eibar had a reputation for playing bruising football and his friends worried for his safety – particularly in training. Silva has a tendency to pass between the full-back and centre-back or the full-back and wide midfielder of the opposition, the space occupied by Jesus.

Historically, the great England midfielder Colin Bell has been the City fans’ favourite. Silva has never been sent off playing for City. And it is reasonable to assume he has been encouraged, at various times in his career, to put himself out there a little more, to take on more commercial work, to be a little more available to the news media. The Premier League has been graced with his presence for 10 years. Silva was on holiday when he signed, tested positive for coronavirus, and didn’t travel to Real Sociedad’s first game of the season. On the other side were the 18-year-old Urko González, making his debut, and Berrenetxea, another 18-year-old who cycles to games. Better still, at the other end, the Cádiz keeper Alberto Cifuentes was making his first division debut. Impressively, 90.78% of Silva’s 6.52 progressive passes per 90 were accurate and reiterates the opinion that he will still be able to influence threatening attacking transitions when in deeper positions as he can aide quick transitions. He had joined with a physio from City but had trained just four times and didn’t start their second, either. Even with Zidane leaving out Casemiro and choosing Modric and Kroos in midfield with Odegaard in front of them, playing in a line of three behind the forwards, there were few chances created, Benzema putting the best of them just wide. This is an example of a smart pass because of the difficulty of the pass and this will be key for Real Sociedad as they look to improve their creativity having only had an expected goals value of 45.84 last season, the average was 47.02. The head coach, José Luis Mendilibar, said: “He learned to get stuck in during training sessions. The football player is currently single, his starsign is Capricorn and he is now 34 years of age. But that was when someone came up with an idea and la Real moved fast.