This Manchester City squad can reach the heights of their predecessors according to their captain
This Manchester City squad can reach the heights of their predecessors according to their captain So far, the 25/26 season for Manchester City has seen clear signs of quality from Pep Guardiola’s side, interspersed with moments of frustration. That was to be expected from a team that is learning the Pep Guardiola way and in the process of replacing club legends like Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, Ederson, and others. There have been real signs of progress from Pep Guardiola’s side this season.
Manchester City’s Carabao Cup victory and the manner of their performance against Arsenal at Wembley is a testament to this. An issue for the current Manchester City team is that they are at times compared to the all-conquering City side that came before them. It is an unfair comparison, as this iteration of Manchester City is forging its own path.
Comparing them to a team that scaled every mountain possible is typically going to be a path that leads to disappointment. However, Manchester City captain Bernardo Silva believes that the players who have recently joined the club have the right amount of hunger to emulate Manchester City’s previous heroes. That is a glowing endorsement from a player who knows exactly what it takes to succeed at the highest level.
Bernardo Silva has high hopes for this crop of Manchester City players. Manchester City captain Bernardo Silva had high praise for the players that City have signed over the past 18 months. Bernardo Silva believes that this crop of City players are winners and know what the club now stands for.
Speaking on the official Manchester City podcast , the City captain explained: “ I see the same hunger to succeed in the new guys. Now they know the standards of this club, the standard required, that we set in the last eight or nine years. It gives them even more hunger to go for it and to say, ‘Look, we’re also capable of that’.