Man City have an obvious replacement for wantaway star Bernardo Silva

The Manchester City midfield revolution could not be as wild as it perhaps looked at the beginning of the summer.

Ilkay Gundogan may have departed but Kalvin Phillips has made clear his intention to stay and fight and there is yet to be movement towards the exit door from Bernardo Silva. The Portugal international, fresh from celebrating his wedding, is looking to leave for the third summer in a row but still hasn't found the club that will suit all parties.

That doesn't mean that Bernardo definitely won't leave, and City are keeping their options open in the transfer market as they wait. There is no shortage of midfielders that Pep Guardiola rates, and after showing enough interest in Declan Rice to put a £90m bid together before conceding to Arsenal there are still several targets; Celta midfielder Gabri Veiga is one of the more interesting names on the list.

As the City boss has said though, nobody can do the work that Bernardo does quite like the man himself - playing a number of positions to a high level and happy to do anything asked of him to help the team. Replacing those qualities will not be straightforward.

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In fact, arguably the best like-for-like swap arrived into Guardiola's squad at the same time six years ago: Phil Foden. Having emerged as a top academy prospect playing in a central midfield role, the England star has spent most of his time in the first team out wide in part because he is still learning what the coach demands from a central role but also because he carries an attacking threat that few can match.

Erling Haaland's arrival may have reduced the need to play Foden up front yet he is still a quality part of the