Bernardo Silva would not be against leaving Manchester City. Target of PSG, the Portuguese also interests a FC Barcelona which does not currently have the necessary weapons to attract him.
It’s a three-way match that takes place this summer to try to afford the services of Bernardo Silva. First there is Manchester City, where the Portuguese is currently playing, with a current contract until at least June 2025. Then comes Paris Saint-Germain, who have made the Lusitanian one of their summer priorities. In the wake of the Parisian club, FC Barcelona is once again trying to seduce the former AS Monaco. But the task of the Catalans looks too complicated for the moment.
As reminded AS this Wednesday, the state of Barça’s finances is still far too fragile to carry out such an operation. The media explains that things would have been very different if Bernardo Silva had found himself in the same situation as his former teammate Ilkay Gündogan. Also at Manchester City in recent seasons, the German left for Barcelona a few weeks ago, following the end of his contract with the Skyblues.
However, the player would like
For Silva, Barcelona should shell out at least €80m. Impossible as it is. And even if the Portuguese asked his agent, Jorge Mendes, to see what it was possible to do to engage with the Spanish club this summer, AS ensures that the chances of success of such an operation are almost nil. Perhaps a good thing for a PSG which still does not let go. Neither is Manchester City.