FourFourTwo's 100 Best Football Players in the World 2017: No.25, David Silva

It’s one thing to remain the centrepiece of a supremely talented and ambitious club side for the best part of a decade. It’s another thing to do so when that club has a blank chequebook at its disposal, a tendency to stockpile players in your position and has gone through three managers during your time there – each with their own priorities and playing style.

David Silva, though, endures as perhaps the only remaining constant from Manchester City’s imperial era. He joined in the summer of 2010, earned his club's player of the year award in the following, title-winning season, and has since provided a velvet-booted presence at the heart of a consistently high-grade attacking unit.

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