Bernardo Silva

[waspish]

Heard he will go for £45-£50 million which if true is absolutely shit from our side . End of the day if they want him then stump up £ 60 plus million or he stays .

So psg who paid 200m for Neymar only going to offer us 50m

 

[DeBlueLou]

Heard he will go for £45-£50 million which if true is absolutely shit from our side . End of the day if they want him then stump up £ 60 plus million or he stays .

If Rice is 105m with the same amount of years… Bernardo should be 100+. Losing Bernardo and Gundogan in one summer could prove devastating

 

[GX Blue]

It baffles me that no one is stumping up around 70-80 mil for one of the best midfielders in the world. I just dont get it. How are teams from europe not all over him?

This could be evidence of how most clubs use the wrong stats or consult the wrong people when it comes to recruitment.

Every club will have an analytics department with databases full of stats and algorithms to help them find players.
Once players are identified the money men will then use this info in making the decision whether to spend millions on such players.

Bernardo doesn’t score that many for an attacking player. Doesn’t get as many assists as others. 2 obvious basic stats. But remove the love we have for him as we know how important he is, a money man might say, why would we depart with £100m on a player who doesn’t even get double figures in goals and assists. Let’s buy this other player who scores more and is younger.

Now if they have a decent scouting section they’d then say, shut the fuck up you daft computer nerds. This player is huge and would be brilliant for us. We should definitely pay what City want.
Fortunately for us this doesn’t seem to have happened yet.

 

[CTID 32]

So psg who paid 200m for Neymar only going to offer us 50m

Ah yeah but Neymar is a global brand. The lad was poster boy for the World Cup in Brazil and was on the front of FIFA on ps/Xbox for years, global brand that kids all knew and loved for whatever reason I’ll never understand. He’s a dick and half the player bernando is

 

[Damanino]

Mendes is his agent, he will try to lower the fee City gets so he can pocket fortune from the buyer in return.

 

[CTID 32]

Mendes is his agent, he will try to lower the fee City gets so he can pocket fortune from the buyer in return.

We’ll just make him run down the contract. Same happened with Gundo although he wasn’t as frequently linked with moves away Bernando.
He always looks happy in the squad, doesn’t come across as someone unhappy especially at the parade he was in the thick of it. Money talks I guess

 

[chesterbells]

If Rice is 105m with the same amount of years… Bernardo should be 100+. Losing Bernardo and Gundogan in one summer could prove devastating

Devastating would have been losing in Instanbul. And then Gundo and Bernardo leaving.
After what we’ve just achieved, I think I’ll get over it if these 2 aren’t there next season, sad as it is. Nothing lasts forever mate.

 

[leo_city]

No chance of him moving this summer either. He will see out the 2 years or renew

 

[schfc6]

Heard he will go for £45-£50 million which if true is absolutely shit from our side . End of the day if they want him then stump up £ 60 plus million or he stays .

Absolutely no chance that happens. City won’t accept that little..

 

[TonyM]

He could be a star working under Pep.

In that case he should be paying Pep for his repair services.

No top team shop be paying much to bring him in when it's such a gamble. He is most likely a waste of time and effort.

 

[City Raider]

Of course Rice and Mount aren’t fit to lace Bernardo’s boots. But that’s not why they’re valued higher. At their ages, they both have resale value. Silva doesnt. This is his last move and whoever buys him will take the full hit.

 

[Bill Walker]

One news outlet is quoting £45m for Bernardo , if Mount is worth £60m , £45m wouldnt by Bernardo's left bollock

He's only worth 60m because Tea Bag wanted him. If he goes anywhere else its 40m

 

[HumbledGooner]

It baffles me that no one is stumping up around 70-80 mil for one of the best midfielders in the world. I just dont get it. How are teams from europe not all over him?

The only clubs who can pay top transfer fees are PL clubs + PSG, Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Given City would never sell Bernardo to a PL rival, PSG know their semi good offer is likely the best offer you will get for Bernardo unless Real Madrid and Barcelona go hard for Bernardo. There doesnt appear to be any interest from Madrid, and Barcelona are counting the pennies.

Who else other than PSG could offer a decent fee for a soon to be 29 year old Bernardo who becomes a free agent in 2 years?

Just the nature of being a Premier League club. When your buying, you get quoted $$$$$$. When your selling, you get quoted $$

 

[Gray]

It pisses me off that we get such low amounts for players we have developed into super stars.

 

[dereksidewinder]

Players I have never even heard of being bought by clubs for £30m+ at the moment, sometimes just based on the fact they are promising and may become good. Yet we’re potentially selling one of the best players in the world at his absolute prime for £50m. I just can’t understand this.

 

[urban genie]

I don't think I ever actually read bernardo say he wants to leave just 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 all we know 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

 

[Gorbachev]

Players I have never even heard of being bought by clubs for £30m+ at the moment, sometimes just based on the fact they are promising and may become good. Yet we’re potentially selling one of the best players in the world at his absolute prime for £50m. I just can’t understand this.

All those players are being bought by PL teams though and therefore the PL tax is included.

If we were happy to sell Bernardo to Arsenal for example, we would be comfortable getting £100m.

We live in a bubble in this country because of the amount of money everyone is swimming in. On the continent however, in comparison it is absolutely skint.

No team outside of Real Madrid, PSG or Bayern Munich will spend more then £60m on a footballer this summer.

 

[threespires]

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

Yup, this could go one of multiple ways and though it'll be interesting to see how it pans out the only thing you can say is he's a bright bloke who will have thought it through for himself and he's been a great servant of the club so fair play to him whatever choice he makes.

 

[hammocity]

This.

Future generations will cringe when they look back on the current crop of fake-orange, fake-lashed, fake-lipped blow-up dolls masquerading as "women".

May have gone slightly off-topic ... what was this thread again?

As an FOC with my wife for 40 years you lot are a bit fussy!

Mrs H naked was looking in the mirror the other day, she said “look at me now, 65 years old, bags under my eyes, three chins, bingo wing arms, sagging tits, bit of a belly, cellulite thighs, bloated feet” I just nodded in agreement, she said “you could give me some encouragement”

I replied “your eyesight is fucking spot on!”

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

Maybe these quoted low prices are the clubs reward to Bernardo for his service to the club...enabling him to get a move he wants. I don't agree with it though. Kane is 29 and he has a year on his deal. Quotes to buy him range from 80-100 mill. Surely Bernardo is worth that.