Manchester City have reached an agreement with Valencia over the transfer of David Silva.

The player’s advisers and officials from both clubs have finalised the details over a four-year contract, which will bring the 24-year-old to City of Manchester Stadium. He will complete his medical and officially become a City player once his involvement in the World Cup is over.

Speaking from his South Africa base, where he is currently fully focussed on his involvement with the Spanish national side preparing for Saturday’s World Cup Quarter Final clash against Paraguay, Silva expressed his delight at securing his move to City.

He said: “Firstly I would like to thank Valencia as a club and all of their loyal fans, and my team mates there and staff. I have enjoyed six years at Valencia, they discovered me as a footballer and they will always be a special club for me.

“The time is right for me to seek a new challenge, and I am thrilled about playing in England with Manchester City. I believe the Premier League is one of the best competitions in the world and I want to bring success to City and win trophies for them.

I want to say that I always hoped to come to Manchester City and I am excited about my future there. They are a club with a great future with fantastic players. I want to be an important player in Manchester City’s history.

“There has been a lot of speculation about me in the British and Spanish media, and I need to fully concentrate on playing for Spain in the World Cup. That is why my advisors have been dealing with City for me so that I can have my attentions only on South Africa and playing well for my national team."

City manager Roberto Mancini said he was pleased to wrap up the signing. He said: “I think that David Silva is one of the best midfielders in Europe, and I hope he will be a very important player for Manchester City.

“I am so pleased he is coming to us, I think he can make a big, big impact for Manchester City. In signing David, we are showing the World that we are bringing the best players here and that we hope to compete to win the Premier League. When players see what is happening at Manchester City and the ambition they are attracted to what we are building and want to be a part of it."

“I hope he does very well for Spain in the World Cup and then joins us for our pre-season, ready to compete in the Premier League. I am very excited about seeing him playing for Manchester City.”

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Gotta Say I'm surprised. If he was to move to England, I would have bet it would be United, or atleast not City.

Another possible target for us is gone. We gotta hurry the fuck up

We could never have afforded him. In anycase he has gone for the money. This is the first of many for City though. It's inevitable they'll break into the top four if they get a decent defence.

That's the thing. Silva chose money. In a righteous (and United) way of looking at things, he is the usual crappy-greedy-cocksucker.

Yes they will break into the top 4 but they do need a good defence, and a coordinated attack.
Kompany/Toure/Lescott are not at all World Class. And going forward too, they havent been consistent and spectacular. They have big names to boast, but little output, as of now. All that can change.

I told rahul about this 2 days back

Money minded whore!

Navpreet wrote:

That's the thing. Silva chose money. In a righteous (and United) way of looking at things, he is the usual crappy-greedy-cocksucker.

Yes they will break into the top 4 but they do need a good defence, and a coordinated attack.
Kompany/Toure/Lescott are not at all World Class. And going forward too, they havent been consistent and spectacular. They have big names to boast, but little output, as of now. All that can change.

Well Money plays a part. Plus looking from his perspective City have shite loads of money and can buy loads of quality and can be challenging for the league in a year or so if all gels well. So as I player I'd think that I can earn shite loads and can soon get to challenge for trophies in a very good league. So it's understandable why he'd like to go there.

Their defence is shite. I hope they don't buy a decent defender. Both Toure and Lescott are prone to make mistakes every now and then and let's hope it stays that way