‘Ungrateful’ Bernardo Silva is guilty of the ‘worst defect’
Benfica boss Jorge Jesus has slammed “ungrateful” Bernardo Silva after the Manchester City star said his former club need a new president.
The winger posted a statement on social media praising the incumbent Luis Filipe Vieira ahead of the club’s presidential election this week, claiming the move was a long time coming after years of complacency.
Silva joined the Portuguese giants aged eight but made just three senior appearances before moving to Monaco.
Jesus – who gave Silva his first chance at Benfica – says he has held his tongue since the Portugal international’s departure, but no longer…
“For many years I never wanted to talk about Bernardo Silva, because he also messed with me for many years. It’s okay with me,” he said at a press conference.
“Now with the club president who helped him grow, who continues to provide great conditions for young people to go out to better clubs, as is the case with him. It is very ungrateful.
“There are many defects that a man can have, but the worst thing is to be ungrateful. You can have a different idea, but you can’t be ungrateful.
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“I was the one who added Bernardo Silva to the team. We went on tour several games and when we arrived in Portugal, he asked me: ‘Mister, what are your ideas about me? I want to know if I will play’.
“I said: ‘If you play, what do you mean? Explain it to me… Nico [Gaitan] comes out and you play? Does Salvio come out and you play? What do you want me to do?”
“Silva said: ‘I have a contract to leave, I’m going to earn 20 times more, and I need to help my family. I need the coach to let me out’.
“‘Then talk to the president, it’s not me,’ I replied. If he’s listening to me, let him say that this is the truth, it wasn’t because I put him on the left side.
“After all these years I’m telling you because he was ungrateful to the president of Benfica. I didn’t know how to make up for what Benfica and what the president did for him.”
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