Ace Silva is happy with Pelle

DAVID Silva has insisted Manchester City’s players are “very happy” with manager Manuel Pellegrini ahead of tonight’s crucial trip to Arsenal.

Pep Guardiola has long been linked with the Etihad Stadium post and that talk will only increase after the announcement that he will leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season.

Pellegrini insisted last week such talk did not bother him and Silva claims the players will not be affected by the speculation.

“We are all very happy with Manuel and it is not something we look at,” the Spaniard said.

“We look at the day today and not what is going to happen in the summer.”

City – who won the Barclays Premier League and Capital One Cup under Pellegrini in 2014, but nothing last season – are currently third in the table, just behind second–placed Arsenal.

Tonight’s match could prove critical to the title race and, though keen to emphasise the contest will not “define” anything at this stage, Silva has no doubt Arsenal have “everything they need” and – along with surprise package Leicester – are City’s “direct rivals”.