Silva staying put

Euro 2008 winner David Silva made no secret of his desire to stay at the Mestalla. There were talks of several Premier League clubs including Liverpool showing interest in the £15million man.

Silva told Spanish sports daily AS, “I am happy at Valencia. I’m under contract and at the moment I’m only thinking about going to relax myself and enjoy this great achievement.”

Valencia president Agustin Morera has warned interested clubs to keep their hands off him and David Villa.

“If we had wanted to transfer them (Villa and Silva) like other players it wasn’t that it didn’t happen because of a lack of offers,” he said.

“Last year was the same as now, we have offers on the table for them.”

“But our interest is that they stay, that is our hope as well as to have a very great team.”