Man City denied selling Bernardo Silva to Barca
Man City's move came after Gerard Romero - a journalist who transferred the Spanish football transfer news of Rac 1 - information that Barca reached the Silva recruitment agreement for less than $ 80 million on August 9. According to the newspaper Anh Sportmail, the fee is rumored to be 55 million USD.
Romero also said that Silva started looking for houses in Barcelona.
In fact, last year Silva said that he wanted to move to Spain because he liked to live near the family. The 28-year-old midfielder did not play Man City match 2-0 at West Ham Stadium in the first round of the Premier League over the weekend.
Silva, born in 1994, joined Benfica's training furnace in 2002, and was promoted to the first team in 2013. He resonated when he scored 22 goals through 86 matches for Monaco in the period of 2015-2017, helping the Ligue 1 championship club season 2016-2017.
Since moving to Man City with a total fee of $ 75 million in 2017, the Portuguese midfielder's play has been raised to a new level. From a promising winger, Silva transformed into the top Premier League star. Silva scored 48 and created 50 goals in 251 matches, helping Man City win four Premier League championships, a FA Cup, four British Cups, two British Super Cups and the Champions League runner-up in the 2020-2021 season.
Last season, the Portuguese midfielder scored 13 and created seven goals in 50 matches in all competitions, helping Man City the fourth time to win the Premier League in the last five seasons. The Etihad owner is said to want to keep Silva this summer, because it is difficult to find a replacement that the transfer period will be closed for three more weeks. After losing Marc Cucurella into Chelsea, Man City is prioritizing to buy other left -backs, with Bona Sosa of VFB Stuttgart and Benfica's Alex Grimaldo are potential goals.
According to Sportmail, Barca is also difficult to recruit Silva this summer, when they have not been able to register rookies like Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Jules Kounte or Franck Kessie on the list of competition in La Liga. On August 13, Barca will play the opening match against Rayo Vallecano at the Camp Nou.
Barca activated three economic levers to earn $ 777 million and bid farewell to ten players from the beginning of the summer to solve economic problems. However, La Liga announced that Barca has not met the requirements of salary and revenue ratio and cannot register for new contracts.
