Former Manchester Metropolis midfielder David Silva has come out of retirement on the age of 40 to hitch Hong Kong Premier League membership Sha Tin.
He gained the 2010 World Cup and two European Championships with Spain, and 4 Premier League titles with Metropolis – the primary three coming throughout the interval through which they’ve been found guilty of breaches of the league’s financial rules, one thing the membership have appealed towards.
Silva retired in 2023 after struggling an anterior cruciate ligament tear throughout pre-season coaching at Actual Sociedad.
He gained 11 main honours in 10 years at Metropolis and has a statue outdoors the membership’s Etihad Stadium.
“I am so excited to go to Hong Kong and benefit from the native tradition, the meals in Sha Tin and, after all, soccer in Hong Kong,” Silva said in an Instagram video., external
Sha Tin are eighth within the league after 4 matches, and subsequent play towards Hong Kong Soccer Membership on Sunday, 18 October.
“David Silva shall be in Hong Kong quickly to settle in, hyperlink up with squad coaching, and construct as much as peak match health earlier than making his pitch debut,” Sha Tin mentioned.
