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title: "Man City: Sky Blues monitoring Antonio Silva"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/man-city-antonio-silva-benfica-latest-transfer-news-rumours-updates/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Chloe Chadwick"
section: "Manchester City News"
published: "2022-10-21T11:15:12Z"
modified: "2022-10-21T12:09:11Z"
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# Man City: Sky Blues monitoring Antonio Silva

**[Manchester City](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-news/) are one of the clubs monitoring Benfica defender Antonio Silva, according to reports.**

### The Lowdown: Silva profiled

The 18-year-old has worked his way up through the ranks of the Lisbon outfit, and for the first time, has been promoted to the senior squad this season.

The centre-back’s performances in the Primeira Liga, alongside for Portugal’s U21s, have caught the eye of several potential suitors, and the Sky Blues are now allegedly looking to bring him to the [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/).

### The Latest: Man City eyeing Silva

According to French outlet Le10 Sport (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/man-city-in-picture-for-signing-e100m-rated-player-euro-giants-must-beware-of-competition-from-pl-side/)), Man City are ‘keeping tabs’ on Silva, though are set to be rivalled by Paris Saint-Germain, who are ‘beware of the competition’.

It’s stated that Pep Guardiola and Real Madrid ‘are there’, but the teenager has a €100m (£87m) release clause in his contract, which is set to expire in 2027.

The report claims that none of the clubs name-checked would be willing to pay that, though his ‘rating could climb up quickly’ should he be chosen to play at the World Cup later this year.

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### The Verdict: One for the future

Silva hasn’t yet completed his first full season at the highest level but he’s got bags of potential, so this is a deal that City should look at revisiting next summer when he’s proven himself.

A ‘crazy’ good defender for his age, as [dubbed](https://twitter.com/ftalentscout/status/1577776911706718208?s=46&t=VhCRi8skdPrRlql2Su_y-A) by football talent scout [Jacek Kulig](https://twitter.com/FTalentScout), Silva currently averages 2.8 clearances, 2.3 tackles and wins 2.3 aerial duels per league game, alongside recording an impressive 92.7% pass success rate ([WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/443613/Show/Ant%C3%B3nio-Silva)).

The youngster is [represented](https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1685410/Man-City-PSG-Antonio-Silva-Benfica-Premier-League-transfer-news-Pep-Guardiola-Real-Madrid) by Portuguese super-agent Jorge Mendes, who also acts for Etihad trio Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias and Joao Cancelo, so this could give City the advantage in the race for his signature.

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