Claude Puel
Silva struggled for game time under manager Claude Puel, having not started a league match since 10 August 2018. He made only five appearances in all competitions, and was not included in the squad for a league match after 22 September. The manager's decision to leave the player out of the first team and make him train with the under-23s was criticised by the latter's father, who accused the former of unfairly "picking on his son".