Source: PA
Silva targets Champions League
New signing David Silva wants to lead Manchester City into the Champions League for the first time in the club's history after finalising his move to Eastlands.
Silva arrived at his new club to complete a medical after helping Spain to their maiden World Cup success in South Africa. The 24-year-old's move to City was announced while he was on World Cup duty, with the winger signing a five-year deal reportedly worth £25 million.
That contract was enough to prise Silva away from his boyhood club Valencia, where he signed as a 14-year-old, and he hopes to make an immediate impression in his new surroundings after Roberto Mancini's richly-assembled squad narrowly missed out on a Champions League place last season.
"I am looking forward to starting the season with my new team, I'm excited about my new team," Silva told City's official website www.mcfc.co.uk.
"And I will be happy if at the end we are in the Champions League - or if we win a trophy.
"Roberto Mancini and (chief executive) Garry Cook have told me we are building a very good team with some of the best players in the world and we are going to fight for honours. My first target is to get into the team, and then to fight for the league and the other competitions."
