Some press reports revealed the position of the Barcelona team from the signing of Portuguese Bernardo Silva player Manchester City, during the current summer transfer period.
Manchester City settle its position on selling Silva to Barcelona
According to Spanish newspaper Sport, it is unlikely that Bernardo will join Barcelona, as Manchester City are not welcome to leave the player after the departure of the duo of Riyad Mahrez and Ilkay Gundogan.
Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola refuses to leave Bernardo Silva from the team in the summer mercato, as he believes that his departure will make the team suffer at the offensive level.
Reports indicated that the only solution to Bernardo Silva’s departure from Manchester City is to make an attractive offer to the English club in the summer, but Barcelona will not be able to pay a large sum to sign the player in light of the financial crisis he is experiencing.
Xavi presses for Bernardo Silva to join Barcelona
Journalist Gerard Romero says Barcelona manager Xavi Hernadez is pressuring the club to sign the player.
This is at a time when French star Ousmane Dembele is preparing to leave the Parisian club for Paris Saint-Germain.
Knowing that FC Barcelona tried in previous times to sign the player, but his attempts were not successful.
Al Hilal prepares record offer for Silva
Earlier, Al Hilal showed great interest in signing Silva some time ago, but Manchester City rejected offers from the Saudi club to sign the player due to poor financial compensation.
Saudi press reports revealed that Al Hilal returned with a huge deal to sign Silva this summer, which consists of 290 million Saudi riyals for Manchester City and 205 million riyals for the player as an annual salary for two seasons.
