Bernardo Silva to leave at the end of the season | City Confirm (p11)

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WallyA said:
Tbh, while I would have loved to have him for another season, it makes sense for all for him to leave on a high captaining us and winning a trophy or 2 or 3 while we get a new crew in.

We need to start going all in on the "next generation".
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I'm kind of torn in this. We seem to let go a little to early in many cases for me. Yaya, Kompany, KDB and several others, always seemed like that had another season in them at least as back up if nothing else. Bernardo hardly ever misses a match and often plays the full 90 so it's not like he's past it.

If we lose Rodri too I think we could be in trouble next season, we don't have too many other natural leaders and it's not like you can just go out and buy a replacement.
 
bennyboy said:
Yes.
Rashford 26 million the fee quoted to Barcalona.seemingly they cannot afford that and his wages.
Bernardo wages make it unlikely they could afford him.
Barca are still in a financial mess.
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Thrill get Silva on a free they’ll pay what silva will want feel he will jump at the chance of going to Barcelona! Rashford Barca should send him back he is trash!
 
Semper aggressus said:
He’s been especially superb this season, taken on responsibility for the whole team and dragged them back up to the standards he was used to with KDB, Merlin, Fern, etc.

Inspirational, tireless leader on the pitch. Wish he could stay another season to help the new younger players.
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Exactly this. Time might be right for him but I dont think it's right for us. We need an established replacement in first, not later.

The fact that Barca are interested shows he's still good enough to play at the highest level. I know they're not the Barca of old but still one of Europe's top clubs.
 
BTH said:
They're not fans on RagCafe: https://www.redcafe.net/threads/bernardo-silva-footballer.456875/page-8

And yet they adore Bruno Fernandes and still bang on about Paul Scholes like he was The Second Coming. What a truly bizarre lot!
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Had to laugh at this comment :

"Most of them are leaving the sinking ship after this season, maybe they know something we don’t."

If we're a sinking ship they must be the Titanic. Out of both cups at the first hurdle, no European football and only in the top 3 because Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs are having a bad season lol.
 
RACHACE said:
I feel he's been generally underrated by many. Most seem to focus on goals and assists but he's the engine that makes us tick over and unfortunately, his work is often unnoticed.

Class player who'll be missed. He scored one of my favourite goals ever too. Villa away (about 5 seasons ago maybe). A superb volley that finished off a fantastic counter attack. Seeing that live at Villa Park that night was fucking brilliant.

We simply cannot lose Bernardo and Rodri for next season.
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I think we're in the crap if we lose Rodri as well.
 
coolcity said:
I'm kind of torn in this. We seem to let go a little to early in many cases for me. Yaya, Kompany, KDB and several others, always seemed like that had another season in them at least as back up if nothing else. Bernardo hardly ever misses a match and often plays the full 90 so it's not like he's past it.

If we lose Rodri too I think we could be in trouble next season, we don't have too many other natural leaders and it's not like you can just go out and buy a replacement.
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I felt like all 3 of those players left at the perfect time.

Yaya was definitely past it.

Kompany was ready to start coaching.

KdBs body was wearing on him, and we are seeing that this season at Napoli.

I dont think either of those 3 reasons would apply to Bernie, but I think generally we let players go at the right time.

If he stays, im also perfectly happy as well, and if Rodri leaves I'll be sad, I agree about the leadership change (and so I hope Rodri stays) but I think its better for the team for some of the 25-ish year old players to take charge.
 
WallyA said:
I felt like all 3 of those players left at the perfect time.

Yaya was definitely past it.

Kompany was ready to start coaching.

KdBs body was wearing on him, and we are seeing that this season at Napoli.

I dont think either of those 3 reasons would apply to Bernie, but I think generally we let players go at the right time.

If he stays, im also perfectly happy as well, and if Rodri leaves I'll be sad, I agree about the leadership change (and so I hope Rodri stays) but I think its better for the team for some of the 25-ish year old players to take charge.
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I'm not talking about playing 90 minutes every week, but having somebody you can bring in to potentially change a game when it's not going well.

I don't feel that we have that at the moment and that's where it would probably be worthwhile holding on to players like KDB, who has scored 4 times in 10 matches in Serie A, that's a better ratio than most PL strikers.

Our backup squad are fine when the game is more or less won and we can bring them on to give the first choice players a rest (or in the potentially easier matches), but I don't think we have many players who can come on and change a game. Players with the experience to go with their skill set can be invaluable to the squad without necessarily playing that many matches, that's what I'm saying.
 
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