Bernardo Silva

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abu13 said:
I might be in the minority but if a decent offer comes in then let him go, as much as I love the guy we are a business and if we can get £60 million for him to put towards a replacement then i'd rather that than see him go for peanuts in his last year.
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I just don't see that £60m generated from his sale would impact what we have available to spend on other targets one way or another though. We've bought and sold well in recent years, we have tonnes of prize money and our owners are already minted. In a summer where Gundogan has already left, if we haven't identified a truly world class player to come in this summer who can play at his or Bernardo's level, then I honestly think another year of Bernardo's services is worth more to us than 60m. If he was causing trouble in agitating for a move then that's a different story but from what I can gather he's been professional and pragmatic about the whole thing. City didn't stand in his way of leaving last summer, it was the team that actually wanted him that was the problem (Barcelona) in that they had no money.
 
Mon Autre said:
I just don't see that £60m generated from his sale would impact what we have available to spend on other targets one way or another though. We've bought and sold well in recent years, we have tonnes of prize money and our owners are already minted. In a summer where Gundogan has already left, if we haven't identified a truly world class player to come in this summer who can play at his or Bernardo's level, then I honestly think another year of Bernardo's services is worth more to us than 60m. If he was causing trouble in agitating for a move then that's a different story but from what I can gather he's been professional and pragmatic about the whole thing. City didn't stand in his way of leaving last summer, it was the team that actually wanted him that was the problem (Barcelona) in that they had no money.
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Dembele is apparently staying and might get a contract extension. Barcelona, I think, are out of the running for Bernardo for now. My guess is Bernardo will see out the contract and be in Barcelona thereafter.
 
14aguero said:
Dembele is apparently staying and might get a contract extension. Barcelona, I think, are out of the running for Bernardo for now. My guess is Bernardo will see out the contract and be in Barcelona thereafter.
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Yep and if it's that's the case best of luck to him. I think he'll give his all in his final year if that ends up being the case.
 
David El Mago Silva said:
Bernardo is one of my favourite players and I don't want him to leave but I hope we're not setting an unrealistic fee for him based on Rice going for £105m which we all know is ridiculously overpriced. I don't see how our valuation can be any higher than last summer when he has a year less left on his contract.

If PSG stump up close to what we wanted last summer and Bernardo wants to go then I think we should accept it as a gesture of good will. I know we're not a charity and I'm not suggesting we let him go for peanuts but after six years of service in which he has worked harder than anyone and never let his performances drop despite wanting to leave for the last three years, I think we should be more a bit more accommodating.

I'm not saying Bernardo would down tools if he has to stay for another year because he doesn't strike me as that type of character and I think he has too much love for his teammates and the fans to do that. However, if we reject a reasonable offer when we know he has wanted to leave for a long time then I do think he'll start to feel slightly aggrieved. The last thing I want for a player who is adored by the fans and who clearly loves the club is for the relationship to turn sour which it could if he feels we're being unreasonable.

He will be a significant loss to the team and extremely difficult to replace but we will have to replace him at some point within the next two years because I don't see a scenario in which he signs a new contract. I hope we can convince him to see out the last two years of his contract and maybe Pep still having two years left on his will help with that but if an opportunity arises that appeals to him then I would reluctantly say thank you for the incredible memories and wish him good luck with the next step of his career because I think he deserves that.
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Have we ever turned down a reasonable offer for him, or any offer. If no one stumps up the cash he stays.
 
Mon Autre said:
I just don't see that £60m generated from his sale would impact what we have available to spend on other targets one way or another though. We've bought and sold well in recent years, we have tonnes of prize money and our owners are already minted. In a summer where Gundogan has already left, if we haven't identified a truly world class player to come in this summer who can play at his or Bernardo's level, then I honestly think another year of Bernardo's services is worth more to us than 60m. If he was causing trouble in agitating for a move then that's a different story but from what I can gather he's been professional and pragmatic about the whole thing. City didn't stand in his way of leaving last summer, it was the team that actually wanted him that was the problem (Barcelona) in that they had no money.
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We identified 2 players to replace gundo, 1 of them is at Madrid now and and the other about to join Arsenal.
 
bell_mcfc said:
I want him to stay more than is to sign any player out there.

If he does stay will be interesting to see what happens with the team. Personally I think he goes central and we play Alvarez wide.

Ederson
Walker/Dias/Gvardiol
Stones/Rodri
Foden/Bernado
Alvarez/Haaland/Grealish.

That’s because of the KDB injury, when fit he starts and we shuffle it around.
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Stones goes back into defence and Kovacic comes in alongside Rodri. Swap foden for grealish and that’s a team I can go with.
 
My favourite City player since the moment I first saw him in our shirt. theres clearly no one out there we can buy who can replace him at the moment. So, keep him for a year, let him go on a free and by that time there maybe a future bernardo to get in. Certainly can’t afford to lose him when KDB is missing the start of the season too.
 
Mon Autre said:
I just don't see that £60m generated from his sale would impact what we have available to spend on other targets one way or another though. We've bought and sold well in recent years, we have tonnes of prize money and our owners are already minted. In a summer where Gundogan has already left, if we haven't identified a truly world class player to come in this summer who can play at his or Bernardo's level, then I honestly think another year of Bernardo's services is worth more to us than 60m. If he was causing trouble in agitating for a move then that's a different story but from what I can gather he's been professional and pragmatic about the whole thing. City didn't stand in his way of leaving last summer, it was the team that actually wanted him that was the problem (Barcelona) in that they had no money.
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It’s more about standing by our word than the business aspect for me; he’s probably the most unique player in Europe, and 60m gets you his left nad; let him run it down if he doesn’t want to renew as one thing he has reinforced is he won’t down tools, his love for the game won’t allow it…

Now if we’ve given our word, he should be afforded the ability to choose; I know we’ve had this debate over our elite players being replaced over the years but my god, of all of them I personally think he would be the hardest; the loss of his desire, let alone skill set, doesn’t bare thinking about!!
 
Academica said:
Have we ever turned down a reasonable offer for him, or any offer. If no one stumps up the cash he stays.
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I think we turned down a big offer from PSG last summer because it was too late in the window.
 
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
It’s more about standing by our word than the business aspect for me; he’s probably the most unique player in Europe, and 60m gets you his left nad; let him run it down if he doesn’t want to renew as one thing he has reinforced is he won’t down tools, his love for the game won’t allow it…

Now if we’ve given our word, he should be afforded the ability to choose; I know we’ve had this debate over our elite players being replaced over the years but my god, of all of them I personally think he would be the hardest; the loss of his desire, let alone skill set, doesn’t bare thinking about!!
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Give him contract with a clause £100m to a European / Saudi team only
That way he gets a rise for his great work and we get to extend until he is 32
 
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