Bernardo Silva

[MafeotulBlue]

how realistic do you think it is for City to ask for more then £100 mil.

 

[bumbleblue]

how realistic do you think it is for City to ask for more then £100 mil.

I think more likely €100M. Would be the number

 

[OntarioBlue]

Think if Barca can get some sort of bent deal/financial leveling and actually have room for him & he still wants it next summer with that 17 year old Dortmund prospect coming to us to replace him would be the way out of this for all parties.

Do you mean Bellingham ? I believe he‘s only 17.

 

[OntarioBlue]

I think more likely €100M. Would be the number

I honestly think you are being optimistic. Rumours of a £45m bid were denied. That is too low. I would think a number around £80/85m would get it done. i think if Barca can come up with the kind of money he’s gone.

 

[Rebelblue]

They won't make it work. It's all a big smoke and daggers farce. Bernie will be here forever won't he? Won't he?

 

[MafeotulBlue]

We’re pulling a Brighton.

Have we hired the cum guzzler Bloom secretly?

 

[nmc]

Bernardo can't go to Barca on the 1st day of the window because they dont have the money to give us. I am sure we have a list of replacement players should he go but as it stands he is still here, he is training and match fit. Pep clearly has no issue with him or he would have frozen him out.

Bernardo isn't going to force this and put in a transfer request or go on strike. So he has put his head down and carried on working. If Barcelona magic up the cash and the deal is on the table then Bernardo will be happy, City will have had their valuation met and its all sorted. Problem solved.

That’s an excellent summary. Good post.

 

[bumbleblue]

I honestly think you are being optimistic. Rumours of a £45m bid were denied. That is too low. I would think a number around £80/85m would get it done. i think if Barca can come up with the kind of money he’s gone.

Yes that’s why I said €100 .. it’s around £84/85 .
euros and pound sterling are not the same.

 

[nmc]

We’re pulling a Brighton.

Have we hired the cum guzzler Bloom secretly?

Does that mean Chelsea will swoop in at the last minute and give us twice what he’s worth?

 

[OntarioBlue]

Yes that’s why I said €100 .. it’s around £84/85 .
euros and pound sterling are not the same.

Sorry, I read £ not €.

 

[MafeotulBlue]

Does that mean Chelsea will swoop in at the last minute and give us twice what he’s worth?

I'd probably stop watching football if i would be forced to see Bernardo in a Chelsea shirt.

 

[nmc]

I honestly think you are being optimistic. Rumours of a £45m bid were denied. That is too low. I would think a number around £80/85m would get it done. i think if Barca can come up with the kind of money he’s gone.

I’d guess £85m plus £10m to £15m in add ons. He’s a exceptional player, good injury record, under contract - 3 years to go, proven international and expensive to replace. We are going to want a fair price.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

How do you know? ;o)

If you had, you'd keep it to yourself.

 

[bumbleblue]

Sorry, I read £ not €.

No problem at all. I have seen a few posts that end up with people arguing and actually they are saying the same but used a different currency.

 

[BimboBob]

A player who is open to a Barca move for family reasons but hasn't put in a transfer request and continues to give his all for the club and will knuckle down if no move comes seems like the sort of player that most clubs would give their right arm for.
I expect all professional footballers to want to move on, try something different, experience new surroundings after a certain time at a club. Prove themselves elsewhere. Is it his time? Probably not given their financial situation but it might be next season. Or the season after that.

If that comes to fruition then he leaves with my blessing. A player who has been a fantastic servant to this club. A player who has wound up opposition fans. A player who has given it all and won loads of trophies. For the club.

Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fucking idiot.

 

[snorky]

A player who is open to a Barca move for family reasons but hasn't put in a transfer request and continues to give his all for the club and will knuckle down if no move comes seems like the sort of player that most clubs would give their right arm for.
I expect all professional footballers to want to move on, try something different, experience new surroundings after a certain time at a club. Prove themselves elsewhere. Is it his time? Probably not given their financial situation but it might be next season. Or the season after that.

If that comes to fruition then he leaves with my blessing. A player who has been a fantastic servant to this club. A player who has wound up opposition fans. A player who has given it all and won loads of trophies. For the club.

Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fucking idiot.

Can I totally agree.... And keep my 'fucking idiot' status?

 

[SalfordGrimble]

I’d much rather deal with Atletico than Barca or PSG. Few players there I’d take in swap deals; Felix, Llorente, Lodi. Also think Bernardo would do better for them.

 

[MillsyTheMosher]

What's that saying, better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved before?

As others have said, our stance on players who wish to leave is spot on.

It has secured us some of the best players in the world, it wins us trophies, it sees us say goodbye, it also sees some stay way longer than anyone ever thought likely.

That goes for Pep too.

Haaland is here because he knows if there ever does come a day, we keep our word to people.

Look at United, inserting 12-month renewal options on players they sign, just to try and protect the asset, regardless if that players is unhappy or eventually wants to leave.

Happened with Fellaini, Pogba, Mata, Jones, Shaw.

They end up walking for free in the end and the toxicity in the dressing room permeates for another year.

It’s certainly the correct approach. As Jack Gaughan and Paul Hirst have said, we are willing to allow him to leave if any club come up with a minimum of 80 million pounds.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I’d much rather deal with Atletico than Barca or PSG. Few players there I’d take in swap deals; Felix, Llorente, Lodi. Also think Bernardo would do better for them.

If we swapped Lodi for Bernardo, we’d need to buy another midfielder.

I can’t see that exchange happening.

 

[BimboBob]

Can I totally agree.... And keep my 'fucking idiot' status?

You will always be a fucking idiot in my mind mate.