{"id":613998,"date":"2022-06-21T07:30:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=613998"},"modified":"2022-06-21T07:30:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:30:46","slug":"manchester-city-barcelona-bernardo-silva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/21\/manchester-city-barcelona-bernardo-silva\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City to Demand &#8216;\u20ac85-95 Million&#8217; for Midfielder Amid Barcelona Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/21\/manchester-city-kieran-tierney-arsenal\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a> will demand a fee of around \u20ac85-95 million to allow Bernardo Silva to leave the club, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReshadRahman_\/status\/1539143105693237256\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> Fabrizio Romano on the\u00a0<em>Here We Go\u00a0<\/em>podcast.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese midfielder is a key target for Barcelona, with manager Xavi said to be <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReshadRahman_\/status\/1538938290979717121\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;obsessed&#8217;<\/a> with the 27-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>However, City boss Pep Guardiola is expecting Silva to remain with the club despite the heavy interest.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester City to Demand &#8216;\u20ac85-95 Million&#8217; for Bernardo Silva<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Barcelona and Xavi are obsessed with Bernardo Silva. The Portuguese would love to discuss a possible deal with Bar\u00e7a.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FabrizioRomano<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pZ9WduKc2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/pZ9WduKc2f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bar\u00e7a Universal (@BarcaUniversal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarcaUniversal\/status\/1537805223992995841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Guardiola Doesn&#8217;t Want Unhappy Players<\/h3>\n<p>Bernardo Silva has been a key player for City since his arrival at the club in 2017. However, given the sheer size of City&#8217;s squad and the amount of talent within that squad, playing time can become an issue for some players &#8211; particularly forwards.<\/p>\n<p>This was not an issue last season, but with Jack Grealish expected to play a bigger role at the club going forward following a bit-part first campaign after his arrival from Aston Villa, Silva could find game time limited.<\/p>\n<p>The opportunity to play for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/19\/leeds-united-raphina-price-tag-barcelona\/\" target=\"_self\">Barcelona<\/a> is also something that not a lot of players can turn down, particularly when they are as wanted as he is.<\/p>\n<p>Reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/martinezferran\/status\/1538825534800527362\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ferran Martinez<\/a> says that there has been an agreement between Guardiola and Silva since last summer that he could leave the club if the right offer came along.<\/p>\n<p>At the unveiling of City&#8217;s summer friendly match with Barcelona, Guardiola said that while he expected Silva to stay this year, he does not want &#8220;unhappy players&#8221; or those who are not committed to the club.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/bernardo-silva-i-wanted-to-leave-because-i-was-unhappy-during-lockdown-but-i-love-manchester-city-k8nkq62ns\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously stated<\/a> that he has felt homesick at times during his stay in England &#8211; particularly during lockdown &#8211; and would be open to a move away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City will demand a fee of around \u20ac85-95 million to allow Bernardo Silva to leave the club, reports Fabrizio Romano on the\u00a0Here We Go\u00a0podcast. The Portuguese midfielder is a key target for Barcelona, with manager Xavi said to be &#8216;obsessed&#8217; with the 27-year-old. However, City boss Pep Guardiola is expecting Silva to remain with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1144,"featured_media":614003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,1365,6,17,3,7188],"tags":[963],"class_list":["post-613998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfers","category-barcelona","category-la-liga","category-manchester-city","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-bernardo-silva"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}