{"id":79949,"date":"2026-04-19T09:03:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/pep-guardiola-part-of-myself-is-leaving-too-when-bernardo-silva-exits-man-city-at-end-of-season\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T09:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:03:16","slug":"pep-guardiola-part-of-myself-is-leaving-too-when-bernardo-silva-exits-man-city-at-end-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/pep-guardiola-part-of-myself-is-leaving-too-when-bernardo-silva-exits-man-city-at-end-of-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola: &#8216;Part of myself is leaving too&#8217; when Bernardo Silva exits Man City at end of season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Apr 18, 2026, 05:51 PM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Pep Guardiola has said &#8220;part of myself is leaving&#8221; with Bernardo Silva &#8212; as the Manchester City manager urged his side to give the outgoing Portugal playmaker the perfect send-off.<\/p>\n<p>The City captain ended speculation about his future on Thursday by revealing he will depart the club at the end of the season when his contract expires following a trophy-laden nine years in the north-west.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola hopes Silva can add a couple of pieces of silverware to the 19 honours he has already won before he exits, with City aiming to bag the Premier League and FA Cup to complete a domestic treble.<\/p>\n<p>And Guardiola, speaking ahead of the top-two showdown against league leaders Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, insisted Silva still has a crucial role to play for the remainder of the campaign.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0418%2Fr1645652_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0418%2Fr1645652_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0418%2Fr1645652_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0418%2Fr1645652_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Pep Guardiola said he feels a piece of him will also leave when Bernardo Silva departs Man City at the end of the season.\u00a0<cite>Photo by Nick Potts\/PA Images via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Asked whether Silva going was the hardest goodbye for him, Guardiola replied: &#8220;Absolutely. When these types of players are going, and there have been many in the last years, part of myself is leaving too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will be difficult imagining [the club] without him. He made an incredible statement during nine years and he has been massively, massively, massively important.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully we can deliver to him, he&#8217;s going to help us, I know that. He&#8217;s a special player, hopefully we can deliver a good month, a few days, because he deserves it, he deserves the best.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve won 19 titles together, we are still challenging for two more and we are going for it, that&#8217;s for sure. We are looking forward to the start and do our best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Silva, who has scored 76 goals and made 77 assists in 451 appearances at City, joins Kyle Walker, Ilkay G\u00fcndogan, \u00c9derson and Kevin de Bruyne as long-serving players to leave the club in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>The likes of Rayan Cherki and Tijjani Reijnders were signed last summer, with Antoine Semenyo and Marc Gu\u00e9hi following in January, while Nico O&#8217;Reilly and Abdukodir Khusanov are now first-team regulars.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola therefore rejected suggestions they can go into the title run-in with more conviction than Arsenal, whose lead could be cut to three points if they lose with City having a game in hand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ederson, Kevin, Gundo, Kyle and Manuel [Akanji, who is on a season-long loan at Inter Milan] and a lot of players who made a lot of things here are not here any more,&#8221; Guardiola said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <b>Pep Guardiola: City edging Arsenal to PL title wouldn&#8217;t be my greatest achievement<br \/>&#8211;<\/b> <b>&#8216;If we lose, it&#8217;s over&#8217;, says City boss before Arsenal clash<br \/>&#8211;<\/b> <strong>Erling Haaland relishing Gabriel Magalh\u00e3es &#8216;challenge&#8217; as Man City face Arsenal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most of them are new and we will see. Cherki, for example, has never won the Premier League so we don&#8217;t know how he is going to behave in that position.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Khusanov has never been here, Nico is the first season where he is really there, Antoine arrived a month ago, Marc Guehi arrived a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are a lot of players who are going to play who maybe will win their first Premier League title. I don&#8217;t know how they will behave. There are many things you cannot control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola, though, hopes his players embrace the occasion as they look to strengthen their chances of a fifth league title in the last six seasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need that pressure,&#8221; Guardiola said. &#8220;To compete good against that team, they have to know that if we don&#8217;t win, it&#8217;s over. 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