Bernardo Silva names Man City star who’d beat up Erling Haaland and exposes Jack Grealish​

While Erling Haaland is ruthless in front of goal – using his pace, strength and football IQ to score for fun – Bernardo Silva says one Man City team-mate would be more handy in a fist fight

​While Erling Haaland is ruthless in front of goal – using his pace, strength and football IQ to score for fun – Bernardo Silva says one Man City team-mate would be more handy in a fist fight While Erling Haaland is ruthless in front of goal – using his pace, strength and football IQ to score for fun – Bernardo Silva says one Man City team-mate would be more handy in a fist fight   

Bernardo Silva has revealed who he believes is the hardest Manchester City player in a fight – snubbing Erling Haaland’s scrapping capabilities.

In an interview with Pro:Direct Soccer alongside Twitch star and Manchester United supporter Angry Ginge, Silva was asked a series of quickfire questions on his Manchester City team-mates – naming Phil Foden the most skilful, Kyle Walker as the fastest and John Stones as the best dressed. However, as the questions got stranger, Silva was posed with ‘who is the hardest in a fight?’

To which, Silva said: “For me, it’s a mix of like strength and craziness as well, so I’m going here,” flipping his board round to reveal Brazilian shot-stopper Ederson’s name. Angry Ginge, meanwhile, wrote down the name of Haaland, explaining: “He is massive.”

Nodding, Silva added: “Yeah, but Ederson is crazy and strong as well. I wouldn’t want to get in a fight with Ederson to be honest.” Elsewhere in the interview, Silva exposed Jack Grealish as being the team-mate who spends the longest in the shower.

The Birmingham-born star was complemented for having the best music taste and being the funniest in the squad by his Portuguese colleague. However, he also said that he spends a lot of time concentrating on his appearance. Revealing Grealish as his pick, Silva explained: “Jack spends a lot of time – a LOT of time – taking care of himself.”

Silva also gave football fans a little look into the life of being a City player under Pep Guardiola, revealing that the squad train in the morning for an hour and a half and that their manager is very generous dishing out days off. He explained: “If we have training in the morning, I leave the training ground at around 1pm, 1.30pm.”

When asked when the squad start training, Silva responded: “We start training at 11am most of the time. We finish at 12.30pm I imagine. At 1.30pm I’m out.” Angry Ginge continued: “So you start at 11am, finish at 1.30pm and then is the rest of the day yours or have you still got other stuff to do?” Silva added: “It depends. But most of the time, we only have one training session per day.”

When asked how many days off he gets, Silva responded: “Pep is very generous to us, but with the schedule nowadays it is not easy. So I would say once per week we get a day off. It’s not much, but we take it.”

While training for an hour and a half each day may not seem like much, it appears to be paying dividends for City – having lifted six Premier League titles, two FA Cups and a UEFA Champions League under Guardiola.

They currently sit second in the Premier League standings after eight games in the 2024/25 campaign, with six wins and two draws to their name – trailing league leaders Liverpool by a mere point.

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