Bernardo Silva urges old Monaco team-mate Kylian Mbappe to join him at Manchester City
Says Mendy: 'Mbappe can be one of the best in the world very soon. It is perfect to have someone like him when you're a midfield player'
MANCHESTER CITY new boy Bernardo Silva has urged Kylian Mbappe to join him at the Etihad.
Silva left French champions Monaco for £43million in May and the 22-year-old midfielder wants teenager Mbappe to do the same.
Amazingly, the 18-year-old striker has been valued at £180m, with Real Madrid and Barcelona also on his trail.
Said Silva: "Mbappe is a great player. I would love to have him here.
"That is for City to decide, but you never know.
"Mbappe can be a superstar. In fact, I think he is already a little bit of a superstar.
"He can be one of the best in the world very soon.
"It is perfect to have someone like him when you're a midfield player because he is very fast, very clever and a good finisher.
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"It's crazy to think he is only 18."
Mbappe has actually been in Manchester and hanging out with the City players.
He posted a picture on his Twitter account alongside City ace Leroy Sane.
But he wasn't in the city for talks about a move.
Instead Mbappe, Mbappe, who scored 26 goals last season, flew in for a promo shoot with sponsor Nike.
There was an injury scare for Mbappe as Monaco started the defence of their Ligue 1 title on Friday night.
Kylian Mbappe factfile
- Born in Bondy, a suburb of Paris, on December 20, 1998
- Joined Moncao in 2013 after two years at the famed French national football centre, Clairefontaine
- Made his Monaco debut on December 2, 2015 - beating Thierry Henry's 21-year-old record to become the club's youngest ever player aged 16 years, 347 days
- Scored his first goal for the club in February 2016 and become Monaco's youngest ever scorer aged, 17 years, 62 days, once again beating a Thierry Henry record
- In February 2017, become the youngest player since 2005 to score a Ligue 1 hat-trick, aged 18 years and two months
- Took the Champions League by storm, helping Monaco to the semi-final of the competition with six goals in nine matches
- Finished the season with 26 goals in all competitions and was named in the Ligue 1 and the Champions League teams of the season
- Made his France debut in March 27 against Luxembourg - becoming the second youngest French player ever (behind Maryan Wisnieski) at 18 years, 3 months, 5 days
The striker injured his knee late on in the 3-2 win over Toulouse - but manager Leonardo Jardim later said it was not as bad as first feared.
Jardim said Mbappe would be fine in "two or three days".
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