Bernardo Silva

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Blu1 said:
I just want to him to want to stay, forget throwing money at him.
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He doesn’t exactly not want to stay. But he just wants to play for Benfica before he’s too old.

Here are the most recent quotes I can find;

‘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.

But 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.

Being very realistic: for me to leave Manchester City for Benfica, or to leave another great European for Benfica, I cannot leave with two or three years on my contract, because Benfica do not have the money to pay these clubs; I have to go free. I'm in a difficult situation that I have to manage, but we'll see what happens’.

He seems laidback about it but most of all - understandably, just like we would as City fans and happened to be professional players - wants to play for the club he supports while he can still make a difference with them (he only ever made three substitute appearances for Benfica when he was a young lad). He’d like a new project (Pep puts more demands on Bernardo than probably any other player with the expectation to run and run and run and in different positions from one month to the next) but understands that it won’t allow him to play for Benfica at a young enough age if he leaves City… and City don’t want him to leave.
 
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