A couple of ceramic horses stand on the grand old oak table Bernardo Silva settles himself at, underneath a crystal chandelier inside one of Villa Tasca’s 15 rooms.
They’re carrying huntsmen in a wing of this Sicilian mansion – available to the public for a mere €35,000 a week – where drawings of dead rabbits adorn the walls. Caught fish in nets for good measure, too. There is a theme to this space.
Silva pulls up a pew in Palermo, the night before Manchester City’s final friendly of pre-season, to bear his soul in this setting of opulence.