Bernardo Silva urges Kylian Mbappe to join Manchester City

Posted Sunday, August 06, 2017 by Skysports.com

Bernardo Silva urges Kylian Mbappe to join Manchester City
Kylian Mbappe has attracted interest from a host of European clubs this summer

Bernardo Silva has expressed a wish to see Kylian Mbappe join him at Manchester City.

Silva moved to the Etihad for £43m in May and the 22-year-old midfielder wants teenager Mbappe to follow him to Manchester from Monaco.

The 18-year-old striker has been valued at £180m, with Real Madrid and Barcelona also chasing his signature.

Silva said: "Mbappe is a great player. I would love to have him here. That is for City to decide, but you never know.

"Mbappe can be a superstar. In fact, I think he is already a little bit of a superstar. He can be one of the best in the world very soon.

"It is perfect to have someone like him when you're a midfield player because he is very fast, very clever and a good finisher. It's crazy to think he is only 18."

As for his possible transfer, Monaco's vice-president Vadim Vasilyev added: "Mbappe will make the right decision. He has never expressed a wish to leave us.

"We are, however, in conversation with him and contrary to what you may have seen, it is not simply a case of money.

"It's more complicated than that. The player needs to move for the sake of sporting reasons."