‘I love them both. They remind me of prime Fabregas and Lampard. Arsenal is fortunate to have these two generational talents’: Bernardo Silva says there are two players at Arsenal he truly adores and hopes to play with them one day.

Arsenal may be Manchester City’s main competitors at the moment, but there is a lot of affection between the two clubs, both internally and individually.

Indeed, while the Gunners and Cityzens are fierce competitors on the game, there are personnel linkages between the two teams, as well as many long-standing friendships.

Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Kyle Walker, Phil Foden, and Jack Grealish are all England teammates who are close friends, while Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta are also past colleagues.

Of course, both Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko used to play for Man City before joining Arsenal, and speaking on ESPN’s TikTok page, Bernardo Silva has been asked about his two former teammates.

Silva was asked to choose between Jesus and Zinchenko, and he admits that he couldn’t because he loves both players and considers them close friends.

 

Bernardo Silva adores Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko.

The midfielder talked about the two Manchester City stars.

“Gabriel Jesus or Oleksandr Zinchenko?” Silva was asked.

“Oh my god, I love them both, they’re both my friends, I can’t answer that,” Silva went on to say.

Friends become rivals.

Silva claims that Jesus and Zinchenko are excellent friends, but make no mistake: they are fierce rivals on the pitch.

Yes, they may get along off the field, but you cannot have pals in a title chase.

At the end of the season, these players may all get together and socialize, but for the time being, there will be a lot of animosity between City and Arsenal as they all try to reach the same goal.

The relationships between City and Arsenal players make this a really intriguing rivalry at the moment.