Silva delighted after penning 5 year £200k contract extension at City
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David Silva has expressed his delight after penning a new five-year, £200,000-a-week deal at Manchester City.
The club have been negotiating with Silva all summer as they look to tie one of Europe's hottest properties to a deal for the next five years.
As exclusively revealed by Sportsmail last month, talks reached a worrying stalemate during pre-season as City struggled to deal with the Spaniard's wage demands.
The arrival of Spanish chief executive Ferran Soriano gave the issue fresh impetus and the two sides have now agreed the bumper new deal which ties him to the Etihad Stadium until 2017.
Interestingly, City have structured Silva's new deal so as to give him a basic of £120,000-a-week. However, the contract is heavily incentive-based and future success on the field will that put Silva him up around the levels of pay enjoyed by top earners Carlos Tevez, Vincent Kompany and YaYa Toure.
Silva said: 'I'm very pleased because Ive been here for two years now and I feel very happy here at the club, in the city and with all the people. So now Im delighted to be extending my contract and being here really does feel just like home for me.
'Weve won the Premier League title and two other trophies too, and the team is growing and we are now aiming at the Champions League and so that also is another reason to want to stay here and try and win it.
'As I said, I feel very comfortable here and I want to try and win trophies like those.
'These last two years have gone very well and so lets hope that the next five go as well or even better. The fans have always given me their support since I arrived here, and recently theyve been wanting me to sign, so hopefully this goes someway to thanking them for the affection theyve shown towards me, something which also helped me decide to put pen to paper.'
Tuesday night's Champions League opponents Real Madrid had been tracking Silva's situation at the Etihad Stadium and asked the 26-year-old's representatives to keep them informed of any problem with his negotiations with City.
Silva was aware of Madrid's interest and had been tempted by a return to Spain. But he has now committed himself to City for the best years of his career.
Silva flew to Spain with his City team-mates on Monday ahead of Tuesday nights game, having been used only as a substitute in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Stoke City.
City will face a Madrid team reeling from a 1-0 La Liga defeat at Seville on Saturday night, a result that puts them eight points behind leaders and rivals Barcelona.
The club have been negotiating with Silva all summer as they look to tie one of Europe's hottest properties to a deal for the next five years.
As exclusively revealed by Sportsmail last month, talks reached a worrying stalemate during pre-season as City struggled to deal with the Spaniard's wage demands.
The arrival of Spanish chief executive Ferran Soriano gave the issue fresh impetus and the two sides have now agreed the bumper new deal which ties him to the Etihad Stadium until 2017.
Interestingly, City have structured Silva's new deal so as to give him a basic of £120,000-a-week. However, the contract is heavily incentive-based and future success on the field will that put Silva him up around the levels of pay enjoyed by top earners Carlos Tevez, Vincent Kompany and YaYa Toure.
Silva said: 'I'm very pleased because Ive been here for two years now and I feel very happy here at the club, in the city and with all the people. So now Im delighted to be extending my contract and being here really does feel just like home for me.
'Weve won the Premier League title and two other trophies too, and the team is growing and we are now aiming at the Champions League and so that also is another reason to want to stay here and try and win it.
'As I said, I feel very comfortable here and I want to try and win trophies like those.
'These last two years have gone very well and so lets hope that the next five go as well or even better. The fans have always given me their support since I arrived here, and recently theyve been wanting me to sign, so hopefully this goes someway to thanking them for the affection theyve shown towards me, something which also helped me decide to put pen to paper.'
Tuesday night's Champions League opponents Real Madrid had been tracking Silva's situation at the Etihad Stadium and asked the 26-year-old's representatives to keep them informed of any problem with his negotiations with City.
Silva was aware of Madrid's interest and had been tempted by a return to Spain. But he has now committed himself to City for the best years of his career.
Silva flew to Spain with his City team-mates on Monday ahead of Tuesday nights game, having been used only as a substitute in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Stoke City.
City will face a Madrid team reeling from a 1-0 La Liga defeat at Seville on Saturday night, a result that puts them eight points behind leaders and rivals Barcelona.
