The business holdings of former international footballer David Silva are consolidating their structural position within the archipelago's primary sector through intensive acquisition of public funds totaling €30.470,00. A detailed breakdown of the entries in the Tax Agency's records confirms that Dajisi Image, a holding company directly controlled by the athlete from Arguineguín, has received a total of eight direct subsidies and state co-financing grants. These capital injections, processed through the Canary Islands Government's Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Agriculture, serve as key financial support to maintain the profitability of his high-end banana plantations and vineyards located in the south of the island. The former Manchester City player, under the management of Pep Guardiola, handles 5.427 liters of wine.
The footballer's corporation has systematically used EU safeguard measures to mitigate the logistical surcharges resulting from its location in the Canary Islands. On February 26, 2026, the Regional Government's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Food Sovereignty approved the registration of two net subsidies under the POSEI State Aid framework for the 2024 campaign. The first payment, totaling €5.738,20, was credited to the company's accounts, followed by an additional payment of €1.342,58 on the same day. These cash transfers without consideration strengthen the treasury of the agricultural holding after the collections carried out in previous years, where the 10.556,94 euros of the POSEI 2023 campaign —registered in March 2025— and the 7.607,83 euros received in July 2024 through the code SB10873197 as additional state aid stand out.
Silva's crops are protected from production losses due to extreme weather events and the structural water scarcity in southern Gran Canaria through the use of state protection plans. Tax records detail an accounting entry, formalized in June 2025 under the code [code missing], which outlines a recurring audit of direct subsidies applied to the amortization of subscribed coverage policies of €523,17 corresponding to the 45th Combined Agricultural Insurance Plan, a regulatory tool that ensures the continuity of funds received by the company in the previous three years.
The regulatory framework for these agricultural insurance policies, established by the State Legislative Royal Decree, allowed Dajisi Image, SL, to receive three additional payments to co-finance the risk premiums for its crops. The accounts of the midfielder's company show a payment of €825,14 in May 2024 associated with the 44th Insurance Plan; an injection of €1.778,85 in July 2023 linked to the 43rd Plan; and an initial payment of €1.097,04 in March 2023 under the 42nd Combined Agricultural Insurance Plan. The sum of these four contributions from ENESA injected a total of €4.224,20 of public funds to stabilize the company's mandatory crop insurance costs.
The professionalization and technical deployment undertaken by David Silva's business structure in the southern midlands of the island exemplifies the transformation of investment profiles in the Canary Islands' agricultural sector, where capital from elite sports is assuming the direct management of strategic agricultural assets. POSEI subsidies and additional crop revaluation incentives allow Dajisi Image, SL, to maintain the competitiveness of its brands against imported fruit, transforming traditional rural land into a technologically advanced agricultural business model highly protected by the European Union's aid program.
