Man City's Silva says winning the Champions League is better than winning the Ballon d'Or

Bernardo Silva has spoken in an interview to ‘Sky Sports’ ahead of EURO 2024, the midfielder is with the Portugal national team and shared his thoughts on trophies in world football.
"Recognition is always nice. In my opinion, I give the right amount of importance to these awards. Because, at the end of the day, we are playing a collective sport. Nowadays, the individual awards always go to the strikers because they have that last touch."
The Manchester City player stressed the importance of the collective and how important it is for the team and the manager to have a ‘proper goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and striker’, not just a ‘proper striker’.
"Strikers do not win you titles alone. The base comes from defence. If you defend well, you will attack better. When I look at individual awards and I see that only the guys who score goals win the awards I feel a bit like it does not represent our sport that well."
The star of the Portuguese national team said that it is always better to win a collective trophy than individual awards. "In the end, winning the Champions League is much better than winning a Ballon d'Or. I would not swap it. No chance."