I don't think I ever actually read vernardo say he wants to leave jist that if if he was to leave to keep within his plan to finish his career at benfica it would have to be around now
"I've been at Manchester City for almost six years, I have a lot of respect for the club, news keeps coming out and people know that there have been talks between me and the club and, at the end of the season, we'll talk again to see what's best for the two sides.
"I'm focused on winning more titles for City. We want to win the league again, we have a competition that we have never won and that is a great objective, which is the Champions League, so we want to try again."
Bernardo also claimed that he is keen to return to Benfica at some point in the future - suggesting that next summer will be crucial in determining the next stage in his career.
He added: "I'm 28 years old, I'll be 29 in the summer, and I have two more years on my Manchester City contract. My contract would end at 31. I won't hide that my goal in the coming years, if something good happens elsewhere, will probably be to move to a new project.
"Going into a new project at the age of 29, I'll only finish this contract probably at 34. If you ask me: what did you think 10 years ago? My goal was to return to Benfica at the age of 32 at the most. What do I think today? It depends on what happens next summer.
"I'm not going to lie: it's not something I don't think about. I think about it every year. It has always been a goal. I couldn't fulfil my dream of playing for Benfica when I was 19, 20 years old, but I still want to fulfil it. It's something I think about.
"When I was about to leave Manchester City two years ago, that would go right, at 32. Now it won't go right. If I leave, and I don't know if that will happen, a club that pays what City want for me won't give me a three-year contract, they will give me a five-year contract. And I'd already be 34 years old.
This was when he was last properly asked, not the usual post match comment
For al lwe onow he could ask for a years extention and leave at 32 on a free to Benfca as he has always wanted, or he could be sold, either way he will leave with any fans good will and blessing
People who spend the summer reading transfer speculation and getting their panties in a twist though may moan about it though