Bernardo Silva: Cristiano Ronaldo convinced me to sign for Man City

The Portuguese playmaker completed a £43 million move to the Etihad Stadium in May after helping Monaco capture a first Ligue 1 title since 1999/00, and also steer them past Manchester City in the Champions League last 16.

And the 23-year-old has revealed that chatting to a couple of his compatriots – and former Red Devils – convinced him to swap the south of France for Manchester.

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Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.