Real Madrid sign Bernardo Silva

Real Madrid have signed former Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva on a free transfer.

The 31-year-old's contract at City expired at the end of last season, which brought to a close his trophy-laden nine-year stay at the club.

Silva has signed a two-year deal at Real, who have already added Chelsea left-back Marc Cucurella in a £51.8m and extended the contract of centre-back Antonio Rudiger following the return of head coach Jose Mourinho.

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Barcelona and Atletico Madrid also made offers to Silva, but he opted to accept Real Madrid's.

Silva scored 76 goals in 460 appearances for City after joining from Monaco in 2017. He played a key part in winning six Premier League titles and one Champions League among 16 major trophies during his time at the club.

Silva captained City in his final season and played in all 38 of their Premier League matches as they finished second, winning the Carabao Cup and FA Cup.

He is set to feature for Portugal at the World Cup in their opening Group K match against DR Congo on Wednesday evening.

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Real Madrid have made a busy start to the summer with deals for free agent Ibrahima Konate and Denzel Dumfries set to be announced after landing Cucurella on a six-year deal.

The fee for the defender is £47.5m plus £4.3m in add-ons, with the potential to rise to £51.8m in total.

Chelsea signed Cucurella from Brighton four years ago for £63m. The 27-year-old made 163 appearances for the club, winning the Conference League and Club World Cup.

Multiple clubs were interested in signing him but the former Barcelona full-back wanted to join Real Madrid. He had been linked with a return to Barca, as well as Atletico Madrid and Manchester City.

Cucurella's move to Real Madrid is totally separate from any possible move for midfielder Enzo Fernandez to the same club. Fernandez said in an interview back in April that he would welcome living in Madrid.