Bernardo Silva to Man City - A FMM17 Experiment

Earlier this month Pep Guardiola began his clear out at Man City following his first trophy-less season in his managerial career. The first signing was one of the hottest commodities in world football and personal football manager favorite of mine Bernardo  Silva from the exciting Moanco team. The fee is rumored to be in the region of €50 million. So I asked myself where in a team that boasts the impressive attacking talents of David silva,Leroy Sane, Kevin de Bruyne and Raheem Sterling, where would the Portuguese maestro fit in. Well thanks to the in game editor of FMM17 we can find out.

 
  

 

 
16/17
League Position 5th
Fa Cup 5th round (eliminated by Man utd in a replay)
League Cup 3rd round (eliminated by Tottenham)
Champions League First round knockout(eliminated by Juventus)
 
Conclusion
Man City didn't perform well in Silva’s first season. In fact Guardiola lost his job in Febuary to be replaced by Bor.Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel. Still Silva managed to makee 30 appearances scoring 8 goals and chipping in with 9 assists with an average rating of 7.46. A decent first season.
 
His stats also changed over the course of the season. Which is something to note if your looking to sign him yourself in a career. With improvements in a number of areas( cossing +3,dribbling+2, pass +3, Creative +3, Decisions +4, Movement +4)
 

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Season 2 17/18
 
With Tuchel at the helm how would Silva's second season in Manchester work out let’s find out.

 

Playing this season in a MR roles in Tuchel’s 4-4-2 system.
 

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 Conclusion

Not as prolific second season but still a good return from 27 games 5 goals and 7 assists and a decent rating of 7.39. Man City continued to struggle again no silverware.

 
17/18
League Position 4th
Fa Cup 5th round (eliminated by Shef Wed)
League Cup 3rd round (eliminated by Chelsea)
Europa League First round knockout(eliminated by Lyon)
 
Season 3 18/19
So the final season of this test and here is how Silva begins the season. It looks like he will be playing back in the role of AMR in a 4-1-2-2-1 . This could be a pivotal season for Bernardo as Man city sold both Kevin De bruyne (to Liverpool for €165 million) and Raheem Sterling (to man utd for €61 million) so he may become an even more important player going forward.

 

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18/19

Conclusion

Big improvements from Silva this season. In 30 games 11 goals and 13 assists was the most profitable of all three seasons from Silva and finally a trophy for city in the form of the FA Cup with Silva scoring the winning goal in a 2-1 win over Everton.

League Position 3rd
Fa Cup Winner
League Cup 4th round (eliminated by Arsenal)
Champions League First round knockout(eliminated by At. Madrid)

 

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So in three seasons Bernardo  Silva makes 87 appearances scoring 24 goals and assisting in 29 goals. What do you guys think would this be a decent return for Manchester city's €50 million investment.

[mcandrew003]

Absoloutley love this mate! This form of experimenting is what I love to do in private with the editor, and bringing it to Vibe is a quality idea. Like the writing style and screenshots, maybe you could show us the players competing with him and their attributes? That's the only main criticism I have mate, great work! 

[MasonT827]

Spending 50 million to only get 87 appearances in 3 years doesn't sound worth it to me

[AndersJ]

I Think he will be worth ALL the money in real life! Great write, thanks for sharing !

[Ashez]

Not bad for AI results and he's clearly improving with age, nice work mate :).