Recent winner of the Champions League with Manchester City, Bernardo Silva has won everything with his club and is starting to want to leave. PSG is interested in the Portuguese as is a Saudi club which is preparing an insane offer.
Thanks to the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo at Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia has become the new El Dorado for footballers. Since this summer, many stars have rushed to the Persian Gulf country such as Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kanté, Edouard Mendy, Marcelo Brozovic or Kalidou Koulibaly. Bernardo Silva, who is announced close to leaving Manchester City, is obviously in the small papers of Saudi clubs who do not want to give up the opportunity to recruit one of the best footballers in the world. PSG, however, also wants to recruit the Portuguese, and to a lesser extent as given its finances, FC Barcelona. If Paris seems to be ahead in the file, according to information from The Sun, Al-Hilal is ready to offer a huge salary to Bernardo Silva. The figures are close to the salary of CR7.
A CR7 salary, or how Saudi Arabia blocks PSG
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The English media claims that Al-Hilal is able to offer close to 50 million euros per season for the former AS Monaco winger. Which would make Bernardo Silva the highest paid player in Saudi Arabia, just behind his compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo. For comparison, the fivefold Golden Ball now peaks at 200 million euros per season. Well above the salary that Pep Guardiola’s darling will be able to earn by signing for the most successful club in Asia (66 trophies), but which would still make him the second highest salary in Saudi Arabia, more than double Karim Benzema, Ballon d’Or title. PSG, and despite its significant financial strike force, is clearly not in a position to offer such a golden bridge to Bernardo Silva.
The final decision belongs to the 28-year-old, but what is certain is that Saudi Arabia is putting serious obstacles in the way of the Paris transfer window with this totally delirious contract offer. Faced with Qatar, Saudi Arabia has obviously decided to fight with millions, with the advantage of not being subject to European rules of financial fair play.
