Bernardo Silva

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onceabluealways said:
City need to put a final date on this and make it clear it is under the condition we have a replacement. If we lose Silva and don’t bring in a LB we won’t win the League / CL IMHO
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City won’t do this, they want the best talent to sign for us knowing that if it does not work out for whatever reason (weather, playing time, restaurants etc) we will allow them to move on providing a club meets our valuation. For what it is worth I think this is in our best long term interest
 
Blue Maverick said:
Pep should come out and call Barca for talking in public about players that aren’t theirs the twats
Also £100 million up front you wankers.
If he wants to go it ain’t for footballing reasons, no chance Barca get close to CL. If it’s for lifestyle then he needs a serious sit down, he will be retired in 10 years he can sit in the sun from his mid 30s forever. If it’s money then let him go.
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mostly because his girlfriends wants to move, can i imagine she isn't settled and wants Bernardo to push the move to spain if possible.
 
simon23 said:
but is also happy to stay...possible to read it both ways
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Lol? There is only one way to read it. There was only one way to read the comments after his Portugal match. There were only one way to read the comments after the preseason match

I don’t want to be a bellend of a supporter but I also don’t want to be myopic. Theres only one way to read this which is the correct way.
 
razman said:




so no , it isn't twitter bollocks

Could have outright said it - he is staying

Anyway - trust the club - if he is sold for the valuation city want + get a replacement
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He wouldn't say that for any a
player though. Speculation or no speculation.

Nothing in what he said concerns me. Nothing is unexpected either.
 
domalino said:
€100m / £85m for Bernardo and €50m/ £42m for De Jong the other way.
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There is no way Barca can live with a deal like that. In their plans its more like:-

Sell FDJ for £100m (£80m ish + £20m in wages owed to player)
Buy BS for <£100m on less wages.

I just dont see it happening.
 
richards30 said:
earlier in the summer tolmie mentioned that de jong wanted us and pep wanted him? obviously things can change but i wonder then if we got frenkie if that would stop any bellingham chase next summer?
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I don't know, and I'm not really thinking too much about it as I think anything this month is highly unlikey.
My guess is next summer he could go and Gundogan, then we will go for Bellingham and a winger and move Foden into Bernardos spot. I think Foden is closer to Bernardo's qualities than De Jong is.
 
99% of the time I’m not a flapper, but my wings are starting to flutter.

Bernie is such an influential part of our team that it would be well nigh impossible to replace him, and imo FDJ is overrated and on insane wages.

Additionally, Bernie’s absence would leave us with a terribly thin squad for a very disrupted season. I don’t care who the replacement would be at this late stage, it would have a profound impact on our season.
 
jollylescott said:
99% of the time I’m not a flapper, but my wings are starting to flutter.

Bernie is such an influential part of our team that it would be well nigh impossible to replace him, and imo FDJ is overrated and on insane wages.

Additionally, Bernie’s absence would leave us with a terribly thin squad for a very disrupted season. I don’t care who the replacement would be at this late stage, it would have a profound impact on our season.
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We dont have to sell him if we dont want to.
 
Would be a disaster if Bernardo leaves at this point.

He’s almost irreplaceable in what he offers our team, at this point in the window we’d be paying far more than the fee we’ll receive from Barca to replace him with someone not as good.

Hope Pep and the boys reject Barcas advances on this one. The mid season friendly at their place makes we uncomfortable, hope we don’t arrive to it with Bernardo and depart without him.
 
If people think that, with the season starting in two days, we are going to sell one of our first choice players with no replacement available then they need to give their head a wobble.
 
EdersonsSmiley said:
If people think that, with the season starting in two days, we are going to sell one of our first choice players with no replacement available then they need to give their head a wobble.
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If Barca comes in and Bernardo wants to leave then I think we will. It's just the way City operate.
 
I think Bernardo is a phenomenal player but I do think we could stay effective and successful as a team without him. He does everything so well. Retains possession, beats players, gets into the right space defensively and offensively and is an absolute workhorse. But other than that what does he really do? Foden, Grealish and Silkay could easily cover him.
 
RayCTID said:
Barcelona still don't have the cash and are still struggling to register players
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Nobody seems to be paying any attention to this. They need to sell about 3 players to register the players they’ve already signed, never mind buying anymore players.
 
EdersonsSmiley said:
And City go into the season with just Gundogan and Kevin for the two attacking midfielder positions? No chance.
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We let Zinchenko go without replacing him, when we needed a LB anyway. We have Foden and Grealish who can play in midfield and we have the option of playing the Yorkshire Pirlo alongside Rodri as well. He'd be effective in pressing the shit out of the opposition in big games. I'm telling you now, the club will not stand in the way of Bernardo going if he wants to regardless of how that leaves us.
 
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