Manchester Metropolis haven’t any intention of permitting Bernardo Silva to go away the membership earlier than the January switch deadline, 90min understands.
Silva has been a key participant for Metropolis all through most of his time on the membership, wining 4 Premier League titles, an FA Cup, 4 League Cups and enjoying in a Champions League ultimate since he arrived from Monaco for £43.5m in the summertime of 2017.
However, whereas joyful in a footballing sense, the Portugal worldwide has been unsettled off the pitch for a substantial time. He first started ‘feeling alongside’ through the UK’s first Covid-19 lockdown in 2020 and later requested to go away the membership altogether in the summertime of 2021.
Pep Guardiola admitted final yr that Silva ‘likes Barcelona lots’ and wouldn’t stand in his means if the participant wished to go away, regardless of stressing that he needs to maintain him. The membership took a firmer stance.
Barcelona have remained enthusiastic about Silva and, as soon as the 2022 summer time switch window closed, made him a prime goal for this yr as a substitute. Barça president Joan Laporta did solely lately rule out spending €80m on Silva, though coach Xavi has stated ‘I really like him as a participant’.
90min can report that Barcelona have checked on Silva’s state of affairs, stopping in need of any type of official strategy, however Metropolis have stated he’s going nowhere within the hours that stay of this month.
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