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Bernardo Silva - The Football Interview

Football Daily

BBC

Soccer, Sports, News, Sports News, Sport

4.34.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s edition of the Football Interview, Kelly Somers speaks to Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva. They discuss his journey into football coming through the academy at Benfica and his breakthrough at AS Monaco which led to his move Manchester City where he has won 18 major trophies. They also delve into Manchester City's recent form and whether they can lift some silverware this season.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:36.4

The Football Interview on the Football Daily podcast.

0:40.3

I'm Kelly Summers and this season I'll be interviewing some of the biggest names in football,

0:44.6

asking them the questions they don't normally get asked as I'm trying to find out more about

0:48.9

the person behind the player. The first half will be on football, the second on their life away

0:53.5

from the pitch. This isn't just any interview. This is the football interview.

0:57.0

This week I'm speaking to someone who's won it all at Manchester City and he's won both Euros and Nations League with Portugal.

1:04.0

My guest is Manchester City's Bernardo Silver.

1:07.0

Well, Bernard, thank you for your time today. Let's start with why football? How did you end up in this sport?

1:13.9

It was an easy choice because it was always my passion. Since I remember myself, I always had the

1:19.0

ball with me. At home, even when my mum was a bit upset on my dad, because I would break a few paintings or jars or whatever.

1:27.2

I always had them all with me and it was always my passion,

1:30.8

yeah. Did you have brothers and sisters as well? Was it a family thing? Two sisters. So it was not a

1:36.1

family thing. Obviously my dad is also a big football fun and he liked to play as well. And even my mom,

1:43.3

she always went to football games, even though she's not from my club. She's from the rivals.

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