Bernardo Silva

[supercity88]

Nobody seems to be paying any attention to this. They need to sell about 3 players to register the players they’ve already signed, never mind buying anymore players.

Or they can just sell some sort of rights to something in ten years time and sort it that way.

 

[Agueroooo9320]

I think Bernardo is a phenomenal player but I do think we could stay effective and successful as a team without him. He does everything so well. Retains possession, beats players, gets into the right space defensively and offensively and is an absolute workhorse. But other than that what does he really do? Foden, Grealish and Silkay could easily cover him.

this bernardo is not that important to the team like some other players especially after we have already replaced his energy in the middle with kalvin. attacking wise his output is mediocre and not as influential.

 

[EdersonsSmiley]

We let Zinchenko go without replacing him, when we needed a LB anyway. We have Foden and Grealish who can play in midfield and we have the option of playing the Yorkshire Pirlo alongside Rodri as well. He'd be effective in pressing the shit out of the opposition in big games. I'm telling you now, the club will not stand in the way of Bernardo going if he wants to regardless of how that leaves us.

We let Zinchenko go because we are looking at buying a new leftback.

Phil has played about 5 games in midfield in the last 3 years, mostly against lower league sides so he is not going to suddenly play 30 games in midfield.

Grealish has never played midfield for us and probably never will.

So unless we sign a world class attacking midfielder in the next week, Bernardo isn't leaving.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

so no , it isn't twitter bollocks

Could have outright said it - he is staying

Anyway - trust the club - if he is sold for the valuation city want + get a replacement

12 months ago Pep also said this:

“He's our player. Not just Bernardo, there are two, three or four players that want to leave. But they are our players under contract and when they bring some offer and their agents come here and they want to leave, we are open to discuss absolutely everything. But it depends on them. Otherwise, they will continue training really well, they will stay here and I will decide if they stay or don't stay. The players who want to leave know the door is open because we don’t want anyone here unsatisfied but they have to bring someone, otherwise they will stay here.”

And Bernardo stayed and went on to have his second best season in a City shirt.

 

[OntarioBlue]

He wouldn't say that for any a
player though. Speculation or no speculation.

Nothing in what he said concerns me. Nothing is unexpected either.

It’s interesting how we interpret the same words in a different way. When I read “but I dont know what is going to happen” I am seeing that something is going to happen and that Pep knows what it is but isn’t saying.

I can’t see how Barca are going to come up with £85/100m in cash but if they do I think Bernie is on his way. It would be a sad day but as others have said it means more game time for Foden and Gundo, with Phil is what is probably his best position.

 

[Kamaro011]

Bet this season if he ever get performance dipped compared last season, many that stand by him telling him irreplaceable will turn against him saying that City need to sell a "toxic" player at the club.

And people still wondering on why we sold the player if possible because the player in question doesn't have the heart and commit to play for the club anymore.

 

[hello]

It's all foreign to me, even in English..

You might need to download the babbel app for cesspit bullshit. After a few hours you could then understand Twitter.

 

[paulchapo]

To be honest I am getting tired of hearing this every transfer window. I love Bernardo for his energy and fight but he also has bang average games where he's almost invisible, the Villa game when we won the league being one. I don't want any player here who's pulling a face he has to stay. Bigger, better players than him have left and we've carried on winning trophies.

 

[stonerblue]

OK, we've all got it wrong then & you're spot on. Apologies on behalf of myself & several others on this forum. )(

So Bernardo's doesn't want to leave, all the speculation is bollocks, & Pep's Freudian slip mentioning Barca in connection to Bernardo 2 hours ago is all in my imagination?

Also, replying to an answer about Bernardo, Pep never said if a player wants to leave & a club matches City's valuation, we won't stand in that players way?

I suppose I also imagined Pep being asked if Bernardo does leave for Barça this window, if he'll seek to bring in a replacement, or run with what we have?

I must be me whose stoned. :-/

Apology accepted..

 

[supercity88]

We let Zinchenko go because we are looking at buying a new leftback.

Phil has played about 5 games in midfield in the last 3 years, mostly against lower league sides so he is not going to suddenly play 30 games in midfield.

Grealish has never played midfield for us and probably never will.

So unless we sign a world class attacking midfielder in the next week, Bernardo isn't leaving.

We let Zinchenko go before we signed a LB, when we needed one anyway, and haven't bought a replacement.

Phil played centrally against Leeds last season and was excellent. It's the tempo that Pep is looking for. Phil is always at 100 miles an hour wanting to make things happen, but Pep wants that Silva-like ability of slowing the game down to accelerate it again. Grealish is similar in that he comes from a team that played on the counter at 100 miles an hour. If Bernardo leaves Gundogan will be the initial replacement and those players will have to step up and perform centrally.

No offer has come in yet, we'll see if one does. But Bernardo goes if Barca come in, I'm sure of it.

 

[stonerblue]

mostly because his girlfriends wants to move, can i imagine she isn't settled and wants Bernardo to push the move to spain if possible.

You can imagine all you want, doesn't make it true. Or do you know her personally?

 

[supercity88]

To be honest I am getting tired of hearing this every transfer window. I love Bernardo for his energy and fight but he also has bang average games where he's almost invisible, the Villa game when we won the league being one. I don't want any player here who's pulling a face he has to stay. Bigger, better players than him have left and we've carried on winning trophies.

Bernardo has games where he's just exceptional and plays like anyone of us would wish to. Leaving everything on the pitch. Some of the touches and technique he displays are just outstanding. But like you say, he's a fan favourite because of that energy and when he does have a quiet game he isn't criticised. He's consistently very good though, there's no getting away from that. But I do think we have players in the squad that can see us compete still without him, albeit I'd prefer that he stayed. If he wants out then he has to go, simple as that. Gundogan will take his spot and is very effective, and in Phillips we now have someone who against the likes of Liverpool will be a real physical beast in the middle and make us less easy to run through.

 

[domalino]

To be honest I am getting tired of hearing this every transfer window. I love Bernardo for his energy and fight but he also has bang average games where he's almost invisible, the Villa game when we won the league being one. I don't want any player here who's pulling a face he has to stay. Bigger, better players than him have left and we've carried on winning trophies.

I don't think we get the best out of him to be honest. He's been turned into a box-to-box midfielder who very rarely gets to show off his incredible attacking talent and quite often is just a water carrier for KDB and Rodri.

There's some exceptional games like Liverpool last year, but a lot of the time he's too tired to do anything once he's done the defensive work.

I put in the Phillips thread I thought it would be a great transfer for Bernie because it would put someone else in that high-energy box to box role and let him get on the ball more, but I wouldn't be surprised if he wanted to move somewhere he could be an attacking midfielder again.

 

[simon23]

Lol? There is only one way to read it. There was only one way to read the comments after his Portugal match. There were only one way to read the comments after the preseason match

I don’t want to be a bellend of a supporter but I also don’t want to be myopic. Theres only one way to read this which is the correct way.

Maybe you should look whose comments i was talking about...I was talking about what Pep has said this morning, NOT what Bernardo has said (which if you want to bring that up, is the typical comment that the vast majority of footbalers say whenever asked about transfers..infact its that typical its almost copy and paste!)

 

[simon23]

Yes, thats why I said it would be a downgrade. The problem is that basically any player we could sign as Bernardos replacement would be a downgrade since he is world class. So which replacement, better than FDJ, do you think we should sign if we end up selling Bernardo?

Firtly I think we should hold Bernardo for another year...selling him now is just ridiculous with 2-3 weeks of the transfer window left....we could end up with no one let alone someone of the same quality

FDJ doesnt want to come to Manchester.....we need to stay away from that circus for starters...plus he aint as good

On who? well god knows .....Bellingham next summer (though very different player)...but the key is not selling Bernardo this summer as we wont get anyone in intime

 

[stonerblue]

I'll have a tenner with anyone that Silva will still be here when the window shuts.

 

[simon23]

Every player that want
to leave. Hope Barca can't sell FDJ and won't come for Bernardo

No he says it regarding ALL players whether there is a report about the player or not..go and listen to what he has said this morning...and he has repeated this since his arrival. He says he wants players who are happy to be here, if they are not the club wont stand in their way to leave.....thats ALL players

I dont actually agree with that stance (allowing players just to leave if they want and not holding them to contracts in very specific circumstances) but thats just me

 

[simon23]

I'll have a tenner with anyone that Silva will still be here when the window shuts.

Hope you are right

 

[andyhinch]

I'll have a tenner with anyone that Silva will still be here when the window shuts.

Money in the bank mate.

 

[simon23]

Bernardo has games where he's just exceptional and plays like anyone of us would wish to. Leaving everything on the pitch. Some of the touches and technique he displays are just outstanding. But like you say, he's a fan favourite because of that energy and when he does have a quiet game he isn't criticised. He's consistently very good though, there's no getting away from that. But I do think we have players in the squad that can see us compete still without him, albeit I'd prefer that he stayed. If he wants out then he has to go, simple as that. Gundogan will take his spot and is very effective, and in Phillips we now have someone who against the likes of Liverpool will be a real physical beast in the middle and make us less easy to run through.

I agree on your points on Bernardo

I disagree on your points on the squad......some of them dont have fight.... Cancello, Mahrez, Grealish to name 3......when the shit hits the fan up against the very best all 3 of those can be found wanting (some more than others)....
And two of those would get more game time if Bernardo leaves......

With Gundo. as good as he is, he is getting on and at times will start to struggle....same with KDB who we know goes through the odd patch where his performance level drops

Phillips....hope you are right....Not seen enough of him to know either way yet