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Silva demonstrated the quality which has attracted the attention of United, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea, Roma and Internazionale with two goals as Los Che defeated Vitesse Arnhem 3-1 in a friendly at the Mestalla on Tuesday night.

"Silva is my player," coach Unai Emery said afterwards. "We are going to build a team and it's not possible for him to go to another club."

Emery added: "Valencia is a very big club with all the possibilities for him to achieve what he wants."

He put the hosts ahead with a delightful 20-yard curler following a quickly-taken free-kick and then killed the contest with a neatly-taken strike, rounding the keeper and to slot into an empty net on 75 minutes.

The playmaker has been linked with a transfer to Old Trafford, with Sir Alex Ferguson looking to add firepower ahead of the opening of United's Champions League and Barclays Premier League title defences.