Manchester City stands up: They would not want to sell Bernardo Silva to Barça

The signing of Bernardo Silva aims to turn into the big 'serial' of the summer for the FC Barcelona. The surprising exit of Ousmane Dembélé has opened the door to the mediocentro luso when it gave by descartada the option of ficharle this summer, but the Manchester City insists in retaining him at all costs. In this sense, the journalist Fabrizio Romano ensures that the managerial 'sky blue' no escatimará efforts to convince to the of Lisbon to renew.

In accordance with the skilled journalist in signings, the group 'cityzen' "has said to Paris Saint-Germain and to the Barça that do not have intention to negotiate under any condition by Bernardo". Thus, it expects that the club offer to the international Portuguese a new offer to renew in the next hours, with an important readjustment salarial that tie to the player of 28 years, at least, until the summer of 2027. His current agreement wins in 2025 and, in principle, the minimum that would accept the City by his traspaso are 80 million euros.

Understand Manchester City have told PSG and Barcelona that they have NO intention to negotiate at any condition for Bernardo Silva. 🚨🔵 #MCFC

Man City will also offer new contract to Bernardo very soon.

Player's position will be Crucial; but Man City have been strong & clear. pic.twitter.com/qnpex58ivf

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 5, 2023

The City only will leave to go to Bernardo if the player plants

In this way, the group directed by Pep Guardiola leaves clear that does not interest him listen offers by Silva. The '20' is indisputable for the Catalan technician and, to these heights, everything aims to that the only form in which the luso attain to convince to his club of traspasarle is manifesting openly his wish to go out. Bernardo already opened the door to his exit the past summer, but the Barça did not have sufficient money to offer and the mediocentro preferred to remain.

At the end, the things could not go out him better to the player and to the team. The City closed the season winning the triplete, with the luso in stellar role giving the assistance of the goal of Rodri in the final of the Champions, but so much the directive like the technical body 'citizen' understand that, leave him go now, would be an error, more still when the staff already lost to his captain, Ílkay Gündogan, also by his wish to play in the Barça.

In this regard, Guardiola was cutting in his last press conference, previous to the Community Shield that the City will contest the Sunday in Wembley in front of the Arsenal. Bernardo is not like Gündogan, that finished agreement. We want that it remain because he wants to remain. We have lost to two incredible players, like Gündogan and Mahrez, that in the previous seasons have been importantísimos. But I do not want players that do not want to be here", said the trainer. Thus, the luso still can have his future in his hands.

The Barça only has money to negotiate the cession of Bernardo

In the meantime, in Can Barça await for concretising the exits of Dembélé and Franck Kessié to present a formal offer by Bernardo Silva. The same would be by the cession of the mediocentro by a season, with option of compulsory purchase in 2024, since in this moment the Barcelona group does not have sufficient money in box to amortise his traspaso. Regarding the PSG, the club follows prioritising fichar a forward and, hardly resolve the 'case Mbappé', define if index card or no to another 'crack'.