Published: 22:36, 5 April 2026 | Updated: 22:36, 5 April 2026

Pep Lijnders has confirmed that Bernardo Silva will leave Manchester City this summer and hopes the captain is afforded a deserving farewell.

Silva took over the armband this season and has been an integral component of the raise in standards across Pep Guardiola’s squad after last year’s dip.

The Portugal international made it clear to reporters at the Club World Cup last June that this would be his final campaign but has stopped short of making an official announcement.

Silva is gunning to secure a seventh Premier League title before his departure, with City nine points behind leaders Arsenal with a game in hand.

‘Bernardo Silva is unique,’ Lijnders said. ‘It will be hard because in a game when he is not playing you will see how he is missed - and that's [only] one game.

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