We know he’s excellent on the ball. He has a beautiful final ball and can find the net regularly. But David Silva made the news for all the wrong reasons. The former Spain and Manchester City midfielder has been fined more than $1,000 for hurting a woman during a brawl in Spain.The 36-year-old ace, who played for City between 2010 and 2020, is one of three men involved in an ill-tempered event, with the other two admitting charges of causing bodily harm. The incident occurred during the early hours of the music festival on June 19 during the Maspalomas Carnival in Gran Canaria, where a fight broke out between a group of people and Silva, including the Real Sociedad player’s brother Fernando Antonio Jimenez Silva and a third individual.Once a Citizen always a Citizen 😍David Silva is back in the City of Manchester!📸: Matt McNulty – Manchester City (Getty Images) pic.twitter.com/1ZFzXsUcBk— Sports Brief (@sportsbriefcom) September 16, 2022 The court documents claim Silva forcibly grabbed the woman to pull her away, causing her to fall. It is detailed that the former City ace “endangered physical integrity of the victim, toughly grabbed her arm to move her away, causing her to fall to the ground.” The young woman suffered minor injuries and bruises.The third person, not identified in the report, threw a stone at a young man and shouted, “Come here, or I’ll cut you,” while brandishing a knife. Fernando Antonio Jimenez Silva, the football player’s brother, was found to have struck a young man in the face with his fist and proceeded to strike him with unidentified individuals in various body parts after the victim had fallen to the ground. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6667968##Another young man was struck on the head by a stone thrown by the unidentified third person, resulting in a wound that required medical attention. The judge said the defendant approached another man with a knife and threatened him. He was sentenced to eight months in prison for throwing the rock, alongside a fine of three months for the second threat.Silva has been playing for Spanish club Real Sociedad since leaving City in 2020. The playmaker is a World Cup winner and a four-time English Premier League champion.
