Manchester City snap up ‘truly excellent’ wonderkid earning Bernardo Silva comparisons

Comparisons with one of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City superstars may feel like creating unrealistic expectations for a rising star with a potentially big future at the Premier League champions.

But, in the case of this twinkle-toed, uber-techy teenager, the similarities between himself and Bernardo Silva cou💃ld yet make Cavan Sullivan one of the legacies of the Txiki Begiristain era at the Etihad Stadღium.

Manchester City’s long-serving director of football will leave Manchester City in 2025, with Sporting Lisbon chief Hugo Vi🌠ana set to take Begirista▨in’s place.

And Begiristain is keen to ensure꧋ that he helps leave the Premier League champions in a positionꦰ to continue their unprecedented domestic dominance from next season onwards.

Much of his work in recent transfer windows has centred around making the Etihad home to 𝕴football’s next generation of elite talents. Savinho and Claudio Echeverri were both sna🌠pped up in the previous two transfer windows.

TBR understands that City Football 🧔Group have beaten Chelsea, Aston V🧔illa and co to John Edwin Montano too; the Colombian starlet expected to start out at Belgian outfit Lommel before potentially following in Savinho’s�𓃲� footsteps.

As for the aforementioned Sullivan, a future in sky blue has alre🍸ady been prepared for.

Manchester City-bound Cavan Sullivan earns Bernardo Silva comparisons

TBR reports that USA under-17 intern𒈔a🍨tional Cavan Sullivan has been snapped up by Manchester City already.

Plans are in plans for the Philadelphi🅘a Union whizzkid to become a City playe🦹r when he celebrates his 18th birthday, three years from now.

A balletic and unpredictable attacking midfielder who offsets his diminutive frame with quick feet and an even quicker brain, Sullivan recently broke Freddy Adu’s long-standing record as the youn🍌gest debutant in the history of Major League Soccer.

Now,🐷 of course, such high expectations can 🥃create plentiful pitfalls.

But with Manchester City already securing his signature, Sullivan can at least avoid the kind of relentless rum𒊎ours that have sent many a rising star spinning off course.

“Small physically [but] very fast,” write, the Italian publication including Sullivan amongst their ✨top three biggest talents in American soccer.

“[Sullivan possesses] truly excellent technique. Dribbling, assists and goals m♊ake him a real ෴gem. “Similarities? Bernardo Silva.”

Philadelphia Union admit scouts across the world have watched USA starlet

By the time 2028 rolls around, Port♍ugal schemer Silva will be 33 years of age.🍃

If he is still a Man City player at that point, then any po🐠st-Bernardo succession plans will most certainly be in place with Cavan Sulliva꧋n potentially to be one of those tasked with filling his boots.

“Those that maybe haven’t learned [about him] yet, a young Cavan Sullivan has the talent and ability to become, I’ll jus꧅t say a household name,” Philadelphia Union coacꦫh Jim Curtin said back in 2023.

“[He] is doing really big things.”

Bernardo Silva is not ℱthe only high-profile attacking midfielde🀅r to be mentioned alongside Sullivan.

“We’re from the Philadelphia area, so naturally people will make comparisons to [Christian] Pulisic,” Curtin adds, speaking to  about those comp🍰arisons with the AC Milan talisman.

“He’s obviously, clearly, incredibly talented. But th🌟ere’s still a long way to go. I think Cavan, even more so than Chrisitian, has stoo𓄧d out and turned even more heads. That’s maybe the nicest compliment that I can give to a young kid that’s still got a ton of years ahead of him.

“But it’s not just me saying it, right? It’s every scout not just in the country, but the ꦆworld. So he’s got the potential to do big things.”