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Manchester City and Spain legend David Silva enjoyed a heroes return to Real Sociedad on Friday as he was given a pre-match guard of honour by Sociedad and Real Madrid players. Silva was taking the ceremonial kick-off at the Reale Arena before the LaLiga clash and was greeted by players from both teams who made a tunnel for him to walk down towards the centre circle on.

Cesc Fabregas was asked to reveal his all-time Premier League XI during a recent interview with Mail Sport. Some of his picks have surprised football fans. Fabregas won two Premier League titles, two European Championships, a Champions League title, and a World Cup before retiring.

The 33-year-old has spent the majority of his career with Tottenham and Manchester City, where he has worked with Harry Kane, Luka Modric, Gareth Bale, Kevin De Bruyne, and Erling Haaland to name a few. However, the defender picked out two of his former midfielder teammates, both left footers, who had a few common traits.

OLIVER HOLT: Any list - your list as well as mine - can be dominated by those who are not on it. However, it should really be about the participants who are on it. This list is meant to be a salute to them and of football's rich, rich past, as well as what the game means to all of us and what players represent and why they capture something in us. You'll disagree with some of the names on the list, and you'll be correct. Another man's garbage is another man's treasure. The depth of our passion for the game and the ferocity of our opinions about the players are only two of the factors that make football so beautiful.

Although live on the BBC, a sex noise disrupted the World Indoor Bowls Championship. When Harry Goodwin was talking to Stewart Anderson when the incident occurred on the loudspeakers, he was stunned. 'Well, we have a problem somewhere, but we hope it will be sorted out fairly quickly,' the commentator said. This seems to be a good issue, so please excuse the punt.'

As former international stars tried to read out the teams, the Euro 2024 draw was interrupted by sex sounds. David Silva, an ex-Manchester City musician, was stunned when he heard the noises being played loudly somewhere in the area, while Michael Laudrup looked similarly bemused. It comes less than a year after legendary prankster Dan Jarvis managed to make ear-splitting sex noises on live television during an FA Cup broadcast.

During the Euro 2024 draw, infamous prankster Dan Jarvis pled guilty of causing live sex sounds. As noises were heard throughout the room, the draw was suspended midway through. After the sounds started to play, former Manchester City actor David Silva and much of the audience were left stunned, with most of them apparently powerless to prevent them.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: Barcelona's Champions League match on Tuesday night was the first in the team's history. Every single player in the team's line-up had been born locally or came from the club's youth system. It was the first time it had happened to them in the Champions League since the 2001-02 season. Real Sociedad lost about 350 miles northwest and 24-hours later, and eight of their starting lineup were born in the surrounding Basque region, with eight of those eight being products of the club's academy. That's the first thing you should know about the Spanish club's participation in Champions League Group D - this is a tale based on local heroes.

Before next week's Champions League match against RB Leipzig, Manchester City will unveil a new tribute to club legends Colin Bell (right), Francis Lee (left), and Mike Summerbee (inset). The legendary City triumvirate are the latest to be immortalized by the club, with monuments dedicated to Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany, and David Silva. Now, the city of Hong Kong needs to pay their respects to their trophy-laden years from the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Chelsea's 4-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur had just about everything you could want from a football match. Six goals were blocked out, five goals were scored, two red cards, seven yellow cards, and a team was tasked with nine men and leaving plenty of gaps in behind, with six men on the field and leaving plenty of holes open. It was an end to an epic for the neutrals, and it should rank as one of the most bonkers games in the English top flight.

It's good to know Will Grigg is still on fire as the inspiration for football's catchiest terrace anthem and slayer of Pep Guardiola's Manchester City. With Sunday's televised FA Cup first round match against Portsmouth, the Northern Ireland international is relishing the spotlight once more. Pompey are strong favourites, but City was also defeated by League One Wigan in 2018. Grigg scored the only goal of the fifth round match to cause David Silva, Sergio Aguero, and Ilkay Gundogan to be fired. 'It'll be impossible to recreate the excitement of that night again in my career,'Grigg says. Citation were 16 points clear at the top of the Premier League and selected a more solid squad than we had expected.'

David Silva, Manchester City's legendary midfielder, has confirmed that Erling Haaland is the current player in Pep Guardiola's squad, with whom he would most like to play with. Haaland, the reigning PFA and UEFA Player of the Year, has picked up this season, leading the way for the golden boot with six goals in four games. Silva played in 309 Premier League games and was known for his ability to unlock low blocks with defence splitting passes, something Haaland would have adored if they'd played together.

The future of Manchester City midfielder James McAtee is being decided on by the midfielder. The 'Salford Silva', so-called due to his similarity in style to former Sheffield United's David Silva, is eager to continue his winning season in the Championship, but it was clear from Sunday's Community Shield line-up that he would not have a hard time at City. Cole Palmer, who has a keen interest in Brighton, made a good impression, but McAtee will only have to take a look at the role that Kalvin Phillips has played as a hint of what may be coming.

INTERVIEW BY JACK GAUGHAN: David Silva's departure from Manchester City a little more than three years ago, there was just a little keepsake left for him. Gran Canaria and Barnsley were an unexpected pairing, with the pair growing remarkably close. Silva's resignation made it difficult for Stones. Stones opened his locker at the club's training ground. 'David left me a little book,' he says. This book is a book by the Spain National Team.' He wrote a brief message in it because he used to joke with me that if I get a World Cup and two Euros one day.' Silva is still at it, with WhatsApp photos of Spain celebrating those feats. Stones has come close to achieving them and has snaps of his own. A Champions League trophy is the only major silverware to elude Silva in a career that was abruptly halted last week due to a anterior cruciate ligament injury. He spent his twilight at Real Sociedad, a twinkling in La Liga.

Real Sociedad is said to be in talks with Manchester United to get Donny van de Beek on loan. In Manchester United's 1-0 pre-season victory over Lyon earlier this month, the midfielder scored the winner in an emotional return to the pitch for the former Ajax player after a lengthy injury layoff. The 26-year-old has struggled with several injuries over the past few seasons, most notable being forced to withdraw from the sport for the second half of the season in January.

PETE JENSON, SPAIN: Jose Mendilibar, the current Sevilla coach, has authored one of David Silva's most popular stories about him, who died this week at the age of 37. It was back in the 2004-2005 season when the man they called 'Merlin' was on loan from Valencia, where Mendilibar was coach. The then 18-year-old was already known to be destined for great things, but in his first promotion campaign, he showed he hadn't yet displayed the ruthless streak that would make him one of Spain's best all-time attacking midfielders.

David Silva, a former Manchester City footballer, has announced his exile from football after suffering a anterior cruciate ligament injury in pre-season preparations. To announce the end of his career, the Real Sociedad midfielder posted a message on social media with the tag 'Thank You very much football.' 'Today is a sad day for me,' Silva said.

Rodri admits he may have scored the most important goal in Manchester City's history. As Barcelona defeated Inter Milan 1-0 in the Champions League final and ended the treble in Istanbul on Saturday, the Spanish midfielder tucked home City's champion.

After Manchester City defeated Inter Milan to win the Champions League on Saturday evening, Mail Sport took a look at the best English teams in history.

MICAH RICHARDS: I never thought that this day would come as a child. An FA Cup final against Manchester United with City starting the game as odds-on favourites? So much has happened in three decades, and it has been my pleasure to see how the landscape has changed. These are three primary phases that I believe enabled City to be Manchester's best team.

MICAH RICHARDS: Any one outside the club who claims that this Man City squad isn't one of the best in the game is lying. At the Etihad, I watched the players win their fifth title in six years. Guardiola said something that really struck me. Imagine if he were starting his career tomorrow and he was told he'd be unable to win five titles by 2029. Never mind succeed.

MICAH RICHARDS: After having seen them light up your Sunday, it's strange to have sympathy for them, but it was my first reaction toward Martin Odegaard. Arsenal's captain, if it hadn't been for Erling Haaland, would have been ineligible for Player of the Year. In so many ways, he reminds me of David Silva's sneering, and leadership. You might not know David was in a room at any time, but Odegaard made you follow him by his brilliance, and that is just amazing.

This weekend there is no league coverage due to the Spanish Cup final, but there was a full round of midweek games marked by Barcelona, with Barcelona coming within one win of the title and Madrid falling flat on their faces in San Sebastian. Elsewhere, Atletico went goal crazy again, and Valencia trusted youth and lost an important point against neighbors Villarreal.

PETE JENSON: Real Madrid is losing away to Atletico Madrid and most likely forfeiting their second position in LaLiga to Atletico Madrid. Dani Carvajal was sent home in the second half, but they were second best to the Basque side, who appeared to finish second in LaLiga and advance to the Champions League next season. On Saturday night, Madrid will face Osasuna in the Spanish Cup final. And three days later, Manchester City will host Manchester City in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals at the Santiago Bernabeu. This was not the right time to prepare.