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Bernardo Silva wants a Manchester City team full of Portuguese players - to give him more support in the dressing room!

The former Monaco star has become a firm favourite under Pep Guardiola , who has praised the playmaker for constantly having a smile on his face.

But Bernardo's happiness has been tested by his fellow teammates , who wasted few opportunities to play pranks last season and gang up on him.

"The problem is that now I’m the only Portuguese guy on the team," he told The Player's Tribune .

"I am surrounded by the Brazilians, the Spaniards, the English, and they think it’s funny to play pranks on me on Instagram. They’ve tied my boots to the ceiling. They’ve tossed me in the pool with all my clothes on.

"Even though we were Premier League champions, going to training every day felt like it did when you were a kid, when you were just having fun. That’s pretty rare in football, I think.

"The guys behind it are usually the Brazilian Crew: Fernandinho, Ederson, Danilo and Gabriel Jesus, and I’ve become really close friends with them. I swear, this summer, after the World Cup, I’m gonna convince Pep to buy some Portuguese players. I don’t even care whether they’re good or not. They just need to be very creative with pranks. That’s all I ask."