Bernardo Silva is "50 per cent clown" but is capable of becoming Manchester City's captain, says Vincent Kompany.
The club's current club captain is yet to extend his contract which expires this summer and hinted after the 1-0 home win against Leicester City, in which his stunning strike earned City a crucial three points on the way to the Premier League title, that he could have played his last game at the Etihad.
Amidst talk of who might step into Kompany's leadership role, the defender has talked up his team-mate Bernardo.
Kompany admires the winger: “I say to him often you are 50 per cent clown, 50 per cent leader,” he told French radio station RMC.
“When he becomes 25 per cent clown, 75 per cent leader he will become the captain of this team.
“He is so strong and to be honest there is nobody who deserves this title more.”