“I want Bernando Silva to stay”- Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola doesn’t want the Portuguese to join Barcelona
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Pep Guardiola sees Bernardo Silva’s future at Manchester City but admits that everything could change if the player decides to join Barcelona. The LaLiga giants are said to be interested in City’s Portuguese midfielder and may be preparing a bid to bring him to Camp Nou.
Silva has spent five fruitful years with City, winning four Premier League titles during that time, and is still in his prime years at the age of 27. Guardiola is aware of the Barcelona speculation but believes Silva is settled, citing his fiancee and dog as reasons for him to be content with his life.
However, after off-season sales of Oleksandr Zinchenko, Raheem Sterling, and Gabriel Jesus, it is clear that Man City are willing to do deals if the timing and terms are right. “I was comfortable working with Oleks, Gabriel and Raheem. They were three figures with incredible characters who helped us achieve a lot,” said Guardiola.
“Of course I’d love if Bernardo could continue here. He’s been a special player here, for the locker room. I don’t know what is going to happen. If he stays, it’s perfect, and if he has to leave it’s because football is like this, and the clubs have an agreement and the player has desires. When you’re a football player [the career] is so short. When the club decides, for me it is okay.”
“I want Bernardo to stay, definitely. To find players is difficult. I want 100 per cent Bernardo to stay here, but in the same time if you want to leave and have an offer and the clubs have an agreement, it’s common sense what I said. This is the reality. He’s an important player for me, Bernardo is special, but I don’t know what’s going to happen. Man City, as far as I know, didn’t get any offer. Bernardo’s training and doing really well, ready for Sunday.”
Pep Guardiola believes Bernardo Silva will stay at Manchester City citing his Fiancee and dog as the main reasons
Manchester City begin their Premier League title defence against West Ham on Sunday, with Erling Haaland expected to make his competitive debut. Silva is also expected to play at London Stadium, barring a dramatic intervention from Barcelona.
Last season, the City forward had his best Premier League goal season, scoring eight times in 35 games after scoring just twice the previous season. He and his girlfriend Ines Degener Tomaz, who have a dog named John, got engaged at the end of the campaign.
“I talk a lot with Bernardo,” said Guardiola. “But also with all of them, maybe because I’m getting old and we know each other quite well. Now the relationship is completely different to three or four years ago. I know the feelings they have, the good moments and the bad moments.”
“I talk with them, but not, especially with this situation. If he has to tell me something, he will tell me. I don’t have doubts about that, but we don’t talk about this situation. He’s our player. I know he’s happy: he’s engaged, he has a beautiful dog, so he’s happy here, I know that, and what’s going to happen is going to happen.”
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