Bernardo Silva, Foden and Man City's midfield evolution
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 24 August 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In a summer Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez has moved on and with Kevin De Bruyne struggling with injury, Man City's Bernardo Silva has committed his future to the club, signing a new one year contract extension through to 2026.
Join Ayo Akinwolere as well as The Athletic's senior football writer Oli Kay and Manchester football writer Mark Critchley to dissect and debate the importance of the Portuguese during a turbulent time for City's midfield.
Plus, our Man City writer Sam Lee drops by to share his thoughts on Phil Foden with the England international getting his long awaited chance to shine in the centre of midfield.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:05.7 | Kevin DeBroner injured. |
| 0:08.0 | Gundewan Marais gone. |
| 0:09.8 | Missing out on top target Declan Rice, pivoting from Paquetta to Nunes. |
| 0:14.9 | It's all going on in the blue side of Manchester. |
| 0:17.2 | It's most definitely a period of uncertainty and change in that midfield. |
| 0:22.7 | But could the news that Bernardo Silver is staying be pivotal to the success of the treble |
| 0:26.9 | winners this season? |
| 0:28.4 | And is Phil Foden ready to step up and become the heartbeat of Pep Guardiola's Manchester City? |
| 0:34.8 | I'm Ayahuakimolere. |
| 0:36.2 | Welcome to the Athletic Football podcast. |
| 0:43.3 | To be here until now meant trophies meant winning a lot and I like to win. |
| 0:56.1 | All right, so here for this one, we have our senior football writer, Olli K. |
| 0:59.9 | And also Manchester football writer Mark Critchley, |
| 1:02.3 | our Manchester City man, Sam Lee, will also be dropping in with a little voice note a little later on as well. |
| 1:08.9 | Right, let's start with this one, Bernardo Silver, the Portuguese Magico, the magician, new contract, signed a one-year extension |
| 1:15.7 | through to 2026. We'll start with you on this mark. How important is he to this Manchester City |
| 1:20.9 | squad? Hugely important in two words. Look, I like it's, that's been outlined every single summer that we've |
| 1:30.5 | had this. This is another summer where it's another Willie, won't he? Is he going? Is he going? |
| 1:35.2 | We think he wants to go. Oh, actually, he's going to stay. And then by the end of it, he's still |
| 1:39.3 | here. I think the difference this time is that he's signed an extension, one year extension, |
| 1:44.1 | taking him up to 2026. It's the first is that he signed an extension, one year extension taking |
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