Actual Madrid star middle midfielder Bernardo Silva is without doubt one of the latest faces within the workforce, and there’s already momentum constructing simply earlier than the 2026/27 La Liga season begins that he’s going to be crucial to new supervisor Jose Mourinho and a key starter within the workforce, regardless that many assumed he was simply going to be a rotational backup as a free agent.
Mourinho is a big fan of Silva and appears to imagine he is usually a key orchestrator for the workforce as a beginning defensive midfielder. And regardless that Actual Madrid weren’t convincing in a slim 1-0 pleasant win over Deportivo La Coaruna and the midifeld was poor general, Silva was the principle standout participant of the match and turned numerous heads in a optimistic supervisor.
However whereas Actual Madrid followers are warming as much as the thought of Silva, who many across the Premier League noticed as washed up for Manchester Metropolis final season as they lastly misplaced the title to Arsenal, after shedding out on his teammate Rodri to rivals Barcelona this summer season, Silva’s growing hype and anticipated significance are additionally a troubling signal for Actual Madrid.
Actual Madrid’s midfield has been an enormous drawback
As a result of if Silva is standing out this a lot in comparison with the opposite Actual Madrid midfielders after an underwhelming 2025/26 Premier League season that principally led to Manchester Metropolis letting him stroll free of charge, then that is not precisely a ringing endorsement for the present crop of gamers.
Actual Madrid are more and more sad with Eduardo Camavinga’s lack of development, and he had one other headless hen sort of recreation in opposition to Deportivo with numerous empty calorie stats the results of his poor positional play and resolution making off the ball.
And his countryman Aurelien Tchouameni has been simply as poor these final two seasons regardless of being rewarded by Jose Mourinho and Real Madrid with a brand new contract extension this summer season by means of the 2030/31 La Liga marketing campaign.
Bernardo Silva is about to play an even bigger function in Actual Madrid than each Tchouameni and Camavinga, however that speaks to how little these two have proven. Man Metropolis did not need Silva, however the workforce that Actual Madrid beat within the Champions League knockouts has now given them an essential starter for Jose Mourinho. And that confirms how far the usual of midfield play has fallen for the reason that heyday of KCM on the Santiago Bernabeu. Amongst Fede Valverde, Tchouameni, and Camavinga, somebody must step up – or younger Thiago Pitarch has to take an excellent larger leap ahead early in his profession.