Have Manchester City seen the last of David Silva?

champions after 10 years but coronavirus shutdown casts uncertainty over whether he will play for them again

David Silva’s dream farewell to Manchester City would have been to play his last-ever game in the Champions League final in Istanbul in May.

But there is a very real possibility that his final appearance for the club could have already come and gone; a midweek FA Cup victory over Sheffield Wednesday in a half-empty Hillsborough.

The 34-year-old is leaving City and will not be starting a new season whatever happens beyond the Covid-19 shutdown. After 10 years and more than 400 appearances in England, he has decided that he has given everything he can. Pep Guardiola believed in him enough to have played him 125 times in the last two-and-a-half years. Two of those seasons ended in Premier League title triumphs. Guardiola also still believed the playmaker could help his side for another year and assist with the transition of Phil Foden into becoming his heir, but Silva says it is the right time to go.