It was the dream scenario for David Silva at the end of his trophy-filled, decade-long career at Manchester City.
Picture it: “El Mago” (the Magician), as fans fondly refer to perhaps the club’s greatest player, holding aloft the Champions League trophy–the big piece of silverware to elude him and his team–after his final game for City. What a way to go.
The rapidly spreading coronavirus might have put an end to those hopes.
Silva is among dozens of English Premier League players, and hundreds of players across Europe, whose contracts are due to expire at the end of this season.