Portuguese international midfielder Bernardo Silva revealed on Wednesday that he is fully open with his team, Manchester City, the English Premier League, about his future, amid speculation that he could be Barcelona’s next big deal.
The Portuguese has played a key role in helping the Citizens win four league titles in the last five seasons.
City boss Josep Guardiola said on Friday he would not stand in Silva’s way if he wanted to leave the club.
However, the English champions have set Silva’s departure at more than £80m ($97m), which will leave the Catalan club fighting to keep the deal unless a top-tier player leaves the Camp Nou. in the coming weeks.
“My relationship with the club is very honest,” Silva told ESPN. “I’ve been honest with them and they know what I want.”
“If I stay, I am very happy, I will always respect this club and will do my best. But other than that, it’s football and we’ll see what happens.”
“This is a big club and they don’t want unhappy players in the club. They always tell all of us that if you’re not happy you can leave” and “Of course they’re in business and they need money to let us go, but personally she’s very respectful of the club.”
This summer, Barcelona spent about 150 million euros ($153 million) to strengthen their ranks, signing Bayern Munich’s Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, Leeds’ Brazilian Rafinha and Sevilla’s Frenchman Jules Condé, in addition to the Dane. Andreas Christensen (Chelsea, England). and Frank Kessir from Ivory Coast (Milan) in two free trades.
However, he still needs to score all five points to start the new season this weekend due to the financial scrutiny the League has placed on Barcelona.
Barcelona have resorted to one of the financial measures to allow them to splurge on new deals, despite a debt estimated at 1.3 billion euros, as the Catalan club sold 25 per cent of its La Liga television rights for the next 25 years and 25 per cent studios that run the business. Digital and audiovisual production.
