Real Sociedad reported on Monday the surprise signing of David Silva, the 34-year-old international winger, who has played until this season at Guardiola’s Manchester City, which he said goodbye to this week. Silva, world champion and champion of two Euro Cups with the Spanish team, arrives to bring the experience and quality of a player who has been a world ‘top’ player and who still performs well despite his age.
Silva, who seemed to have already done it with Italian Lazio, has finally opted for Real’s offer, seeing it as a growing team that will play five competitions this season, including the pending Cup final against Athletic and presence in the Europa League. With his signing, the Real will have a player who can act throughout the front of the attack, although his most natural position is left-handed, and also in the midfielder, with the last pass, although he does not arrive to replace Martin Odegaard. Of course, after the blow that was last week by the Norwegian’s march to Madrid, who claimed him at the last minute despite the commitment of two years of loan, the board of Jokin Aperribay, and the football director, Roberto Olabe, have given a blow to the table when signing a footballer who seemed unattainable for a club like ‘txuriurdin’.
The signing of Silva has been cooked relatively quickly, after several days of negotiations after knowing the Real that he was leaving Manchester and verifying that the canary would be interested in arriving in San Sebastián. The agreement is for two seasons, with the option of extending it one more.
La Real is combining its quarry policy of raising its youths with a commitment to new players from other countries, such as Sweden’s Alexander Isak, but at the same time complementing it with veteran status. She did it last year with another international footballer of the caliber of Nacho Monreal, who arrived from Arsenal, where she was enjoying minutes, and who has given a sensational performance.
The bet now is on David Silva, one of the best Spanish and international players, which in turn will raise the media coverage of Real. With him, players like Mikel Oyarzabal, international and flag of the club, Ander Barrenetxea, the main promise of the quarry, or Martín Merquelanz himself, recently recruited from Mirandés after being the revelation in Second, can grow.
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