Bernardo named Man City captain by Guardiola as the midfielder enters the final year of his contract with the club.
Bernardo named as Manchester City’s new captain for the 2025/26 season.
The manager nominated the 30-year-old to lead the side to win the first-ever 32-team competition in the United States since he is one of Pep Guardiola’s most trusted players, having signed in the summer of 2017.
The playmaker was questioned about his future as City’s attempt against Wydad gets underway at Lincoln Financial Field on Wednesday at noon local time. Silva, 30, has a year remaining on his contract.
“I know what I’m going to do but it’s not the time to talk about that,” Silva said. “I’m very focused on my season. I’m very focused on performing well for Man City. When the time is due I will talk about it. I have one year on my contract so obviously I can leave next season. This season will for sure be with Man City. I’m going to stay. I’ve had options in the past and this year, like last year and this year, my option is to stay at Man City.”
Silva was asked what condition he is in due to the gruelling schedule. “We know what the schedule is like,” he said. “It is what it is, we’re very used to that. It’s been a few years that it’s like this. So, it’s a beautiful competition. Obviously, the amount of games – we’ve already talked about this but now that we’re here and it’s such an important competition with teams from all around the world, we’re going to respect a lot the competition and we’re going to give our best to go the furthest possible – which is win the competition.
“The guys that went to Portugal – between the end of the Premier League and the beginning of our training with Portugal, we had five days which was OK. And now we have one-and-a-half which is also nice to see the family. Maybe we’re going to have some time after this.”