All the players want to play on the big stages - and I am no exception.

Bernardo Silva

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It's an honour to extend my deal with Manchester City. This club offers everything a player needs to fulfil their ambitions, and there's nowhere else I want to be.

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The intensity in the Premier League is a bit higher than most of the other leagues.

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I try to be as fit as I can, eating well and sleeping well, because I know how intense it is here in the Premier League, especially when you play big games like Liverpool or Tottenham.

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The style of football we play here excites me, and I am determined to win more silverware. City gives me the best chance of doing that.

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I am happy because I am helping the team and happy because I am playing well.

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That is what happens when you play in one of the best teams in the world: you have fantastic players in your position, and you have to work hard to try and play as many minutes as you can.

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I was a Benfica fan; I had played there for 12 years.

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You cannot say no to a club like Man City. I did not think twice.

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I tried to go to university, and I stayed there for one year, but I didn't do much there because I already had a contract with Benfica.

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My dream when I was younger was always to be a Benfica player. So when I arrived on the first team to work with a coach that didn't count on me, who put me as a left back, of course I was a bit sad.

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When I was younger, I could never have imagined that me at 24 would have already won a league in Portugal, a league in France, a league in England, and playing for the national team.

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I finish the game, and sometimes I don't play very well, and my grandmother calls up to ask why I haven't played well. Instead of being criticised by Pep, it's my grandmother!

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Obviously, when you win and keep winning, it's easier to maintain this atmosphere, but the atmosphere in the Man City dressing room is amazing.

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When I was five, 10, 15 years old, I always dreamed of being in the best league in the world, playing with some of the best clubs.

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To be at Man City, to play alongside some of the best players, it is great. It was a dream that became true for me.

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I am crazy about football.

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When I am not playing or training, I watch football all the time.

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I know how much football means in England. They love it. That's why it's great to be here.

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For me at 16 and 17 years old, I wasn't even playing for the academy teams. I hardly played in the starting XI for the Under 19s.

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I've always tried to play for the team, not just for myself but for the whole team.

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