For Friday, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola confirmed that the young blues fear that they may sell playmaker Bernardo Silva (27) in the coming weeks.

From his midfield position, Silva is one of the club’s most important players. Along with Kevin De Bruyne, he is the one most envisioned to be feeding Haaland with the stick in the back room, but the potential for a Norwegian-Portuguese collaboration could end before it even begins.

– What happened happened. If he stays it’s perfect, if he has to leave, sometimes that’s football. “Players sometimes have their own desires, and I will not be the one to get in the way of a player’s wishes,” Guardiola said according to the newspaper. Security.

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At the same time, Silva is strongly linked with Barcelona.

According to transfer guru Fabrizio Romano, big Spanish club manager Xavi will be very interested in the 27-year-old, besides the protagonist himself waiting for an offer from Camp Nou. Barcelona have reportedly informed Manchester City that they will make a bid in the near future.

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The famous Gerard Romero believes that an agreement between the parties is drawing near. If we believe the usually reliable reporters, Barcelona, ​​Jorge Mendes (Silva’s agent, journ.anm.) and Manchester City have reached an agreement on a transfer fee of around 80 million euros, equivalent to 794 million kroner.

This is not the first time Bernardo Silva has been linked with a move away from City. At the latest last summer, he was considered to join Atlético Madrid, but was convinced by Guardiola to stay. A year later, the parties may still be separated.

– Player decide

Guardiola himself did not hide the fact that Bernardo Silva might leave.

– The career of a football player is short. It passes quickly, and you don’t notice it until it suddenly ends. He has to speak to the club himself, because I have never been involved in that kind of process.

He continued:

– You have to take into account the club, the player, the agent, and sometimes that sets you apart. The wishes of the players always come first. I hope with all my heart that Bernardo stays, because he is a very special player, but I honestly don’t know what will happen.

Crystal Palace and Arsenal kick off the 2022/23 Premier League season on Friday night, while reigning champions Manchester City only open the league on Sunday afternoon. Then a potentially difficult away game against West Ham in London awaits.