Premier League champions Manchester City reportedly turned down an offer in the final hours of the transfer window from Barcelona for the Blues.
Manchester City rejected a late-in-transit offer from Barcelona for Bernardo Silva, with the 28-year-old Portugal international a long-standing target. And the Catalan giant made several attempts to sign this player. Their most recent offer was a loan deal with an option to buy in the UFABET summer, but City turned it down.
Manchester City’s refusal to sell Silva in the final hours of the transfer window contradicts comments made by Pep Guardiola . City confirmed that He will not keep players who want to transfer teams. With reports in Spain stating that Silva wants to move to Barcelona And according to reports in Spanish media AS , Barcelona tried to re-sign Silva one last time. It is claimed that the Bundesliga team made contact to sign the playmaker on deadline day on the transfer market. Although the news report said that no formal offer has been made.
Earlier, Guardiola admitted that Silva He “likes Barcelona very much” and believes the ex-Monaco star wants a move to the Nou Camp, but City are no longer interested in selling the player towards the end of the transfer window. because previously they had released Joao Cancelo to join the Bayern Munich team on loan, but with Manchester United City’s refusal to let Silva join Barcelona contradicts what Guardiola said following the moves of Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko. Arsenal team last summer “When you don’t want to stay and want to leave. You can’t stay, ” said the Manchester City coach.
Additionally, when Raheem Sterling moved to Chelsea in the same transfer window, Guardiola said: “If you force people to One stays where he doesn’t want to stay. How can you get the best out of him? It’s impossible. I want to keep it all together but at the same time if the players want to leave. We’ll find a solution.” Silva has played over 280 games since moving from Monaco to Manchester. After joining City in the summer of 2017, he helped Guardiola’s side win 11 trophies, including four Premier League titles, and started in September’s 1-0 Champions League final defeat to Chelsea. May 2021
Silva also won league titles in Portugal and France with Benfica and Monaco respectively. The 78-times capped international became the 2019 National League Player of the Year after helping Portugal win the competition for the first time. Guardiola spoke about Silva moving to Barcelona after a friendly between the two.
Two teams last August
The Spaniard said: “I’m not the one who tells Barca not to think about it. [Signing] with Bernardo, we want him to stay with us. But I don’t want people who are not happy ′ ′ ′ ′ The first thing is for the club to reach an agreement. but no offers For him in the past 2 years ′′ I don’t want him to go. He is a great player and a great person… And only 7-8 days left (in the football market last summer) and we will have to turn to the football market. I want him to stay. As I said, it’s true that Bernardo really likes Barcelona.