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Published 07:12 14 Sept 2018 BST
Updated 07:13 14 Sept 2018 BST
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The Spanish midfielder admits that he has one club that he still wants to play for before he hangs up his boots and he could well head there when his final City contract comes to an end.
"For City, two more seasons - what's left on my contract. After that, I don't know. It depends how I feel physically and mentally," Silva said in an interview for the Premier League Show.
"I've always said that I'd like to play for Las Palmas - my local team. But we'll see how things go in two years and take it all from there."Silva would likely have to take a significant pay cut to join the Spanish club was which was relegated to the second tier last term.
He will be remembered fondly by even rival supporters for his performances in England when he does decide to leave and he has revealed that he never thought twice after City made their interest known eight years ago.
"City wanted me," Silva recalls.
"They had been calling me since December, asking me to come and play for them.
"I thought, 'who wants me? City want me, so that's where I'll go'.
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