David Silva is set to make his 400th appearance for Manchester City in Sunday's trip to Bournemouth, and what a career it has been for the Spaniard.
On 14 July 2010, the Citizens completed a £24m deal to sign a 24-year-old Silva from Valencia, and he waltzed straight into the team, bringing his creativity and undying passion to the side almost immediately.
Where would we be without his magic?
Celebrating nine years of @21LVA who became a Blue #onthisday in 2010 ud83dudc99
ud83dudd35 #mancity pic.twitter.com/xuOX1XnO26— Manchester City (@ManCity) July 14, 2019He has managed 71 goals and 130 assists in his 399 outings and, should be make one more appearance, Opta note that Silva will become just the 14th player in City history to reach 400 games.