Bernardo Silva is in his fifth season with Manchester City and was one of the key players in the team led by Pep Guardiola, but his period with the English was not always a happy one.

The Portuguese international spoke to the newspaper times The interview was published on Friday, with the ace, who trained at Benfica, recalling the moment he asked to leave the English club, last summer during confinement: “I was feeling a little lonely at the time and I wasn’t. Happy with my life, which is why I spoke to City.”

“And when you are not happy, you do not do your job as you would if you are happy. You have been fine physically, but when you are not doing your job with a smile on your face, you will not do well”, revealed the Portuguese star, who has since become an indispensable piece About her to the coach, who does not commend him.

“But wanting to leave has nothing to do with the club. I love Man City. After all, nothing happened. I stayed and will always do my best while representing the city.”

Even Guardiola revealed the Portuguese’s interest in leaving the club, statements dating back to August last year: “Not only Bernardo, there are two or three other players who want to leave, but they have a contract.”