For a couple of million a week in wages, for a maximum of 12-18 months, for the privilege of watching him likely obliterate dressing room harmony due to his ridiculous wages, in exchange for giving up a young lad who has shone for City and , only by his own very high standards, has just had a less than perfect season on part because the English media decided to paint him as a nazi .
The days of city signing players who believe they are doing us a favour by coming here are thankfully over.
10 years ago I might have been persuadable on this but to be fair Messi was in his prime then and Bernardo was a young teen.
But give up Bernardo for a fella that has never shown any inclination to step outside the cosseted comfort of Barcelona? There is no money that could make that deal attractive.