{"id":21503,"date":"2022-06-20T09:01:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T13:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/20\/manchester-city-set-bernardo-silva-price-tag-amid-barcelona-interest\/"},"modified":"2022-06-20T09:01:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T13:01:20","slug":"manchester-city-set-bernardo-silva-price-tag-amid-barcelona-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/20\/manchester-city-set-bernardo-silva-price-tag-amid-barcelona-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City set Bernardo Silva price-tag amid Barcelona interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>It will take around \u00a375m to prise Bernardo Silva away from Manchester City this summer should Barcelona firm up their interest in the midfielder, according to a report in <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3372919\/2022\/06\/20\/sterling-jesus-transfer-chelsea-arsenal\/?source=twitteruk\">the Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Xavi\u2019s interest in the Portuguese star is no secret, but it is unclear whether they will have the financial muscle to pull off a deal. Pep Guardiola will not stand in his way should Silva wish to depart, telling the media that \u2018as of today, I think Bernardo will continue at Man City next season \u2013 but as I always said, I don\u2019t like to keep players that are unhappy\u2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pep Guardiola on Bernardo Silva and Bar\u00e7a interest: \u201cAs of today, I think Bernardo will continue at Man City next season \u2013 but as I always said, I don\u2019t like to keep players that are unhappy\u201d. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MCFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bernardo, waiting for Bar\u00e7a as Xavi wants him \u2013 but also depends on de Jong.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1538824722208677889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And, as per the Athletic,\u00a0\u2018Bernardo\u2019s future likely hinges on whether Barcelona can actually raise enough money to spend at least \u00a375 million\u2019, with Silva far from the only star that they have shown interest in.<\/p>\n<p>The Camp Nou side are also thought to be keen on moves for Leeds United winger Raphinha and Sevilla defender Jules Kounde, while they are still yet to register new additions Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie.<\/p>\n<p>All told, it will require a significant outlay.<\/p>\n<h2>The latest on De Jong<\/h2>\n<p>One way to aid their coffers would be the sale of Frenkie de Jong, who Manchester United are thought to be incredibly interested in bringing to Old Trafford this summer.<\/p>\n<p>As per transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, the move is a \u2018serious possibility\u2019, though the Red Devils will have to up their opening 60m euro offering.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Manchester United are discussing internally about submitting a new proposal for Frenkie de Jong in the next days. It\u2019s a serious possibility, while talks with Bar\u00e7a are still on. ??? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MUFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deal will enter into key stages after \u20ac60m [&amp; add-ons] verbal, opening bid turned down. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S434UHZXCL\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/S434UHZXCL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1538560137429934086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Should they do so, it could pave the way for Xavi to finally land Bernardo Silva.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/mondays-transfer-gossip-sterling-tierney-evanilson-martinez-clauss-and-more\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Monday\u2019s transfer gossip: Sterling, Tierney, Evanilson, Martinez, Clauss and more<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/man-city-inform-chelsea-of-hefty-demands-for-raheem-sterling\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Man City inform Chelsea of hefty demands for Raheem Sterling<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It will take around \u00a375m to prise Bernardo Silva away from Manchester City this summer should Barcelona firm up their interest in the midfielder, according to a report in the Athletic. Xavi\u2019s interest in the Portuguese star is no secret, but it is unclear whether they will have the financial muscle to pull off a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-21503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}