World Cup 2018: Top Manchester City players who could return as Champions

Modified May 31, 2018 09:37 GMT

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#2 Leroy Sane (Germany) and David Silva (Spain)

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Two gifted left-footed players who have furthered City's versatility in the final third will be starters for their respective national teams. Leroy Sane has been quite a revelation this season. His marauding runs down the left flank are the stuff of nightmares for defenders.

David Silva, on the other hand, has shown no signs of slowing down despite being in his early thirties. He has been immense alongside Kevin De Bruyne and Spain will expect nothing less from him at Russia. In a midfield that has Thiago Alcantara, Sergio Busquets and Isco, Silva will be expected to deliver gold and nothing less.

Sane scores goals and provides just as well. He scored 10 goals and laid out 15 assists in the Premier League. David Silva, who has had personal tragedies to negotiate over the course of the season, still had a stellar season where he notched up 9 goals and provided 11 assists.

Nobody would be surprised if either of them come back to Etihad as a World Cup winner.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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Edited by Shruti Sadbhav