Barca News
The Spanish newspaper Sport warned Barcelona officials of what it described as Guardiola’s new “theatrical”, and demanded that the club not fall into the trap of the Spanish coach of Manchester City.
Barcelona is experiencing a nightmare in terms of results, as it was confirmed that the team, led by Xavi, will not win any title this season, as they lost the League title and the Spanish Super Cup to Real Madrid, while they were eliminated from the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain, in addition to being excluded from the European Cup. The King faces Athletic Bilbao in the quarter-finals.
Joan Laporta is seeking to strengthen Barcelona’s squad after reaching an agreement with Xavi Hernandez to reverse his decision to leave and stay for another season until the end of his contract. But these plans clash with the complex financial situation that the Blaugrana suffers from, so the sports administration will have to sell some players before signing new deals.
Among the deals that Xavi wants and considers a priority is the deal of Bernardo Silva, the English midfielder of Manchester City, whom Barcelona tried to sign last summer, but the English club blocked the deal.
But in the upcoming summer transfer market, the situation will be different because Manchester City decided publicly to allow Bernardo Silva to leave when it reduced the release clause in his contract to 58 million euros, conditional on him reaching the age of 30, which will happen during the summer.
Despite this, the required number seems large compared to a 30-year-old player, so it is expected that Barcelona will reach an agreement with Manchester City and the Portuguese player’s agent, Jorge Mendes, for a lower number than that.
Hence, Sport newspaper’s warning to Barcelona regarding the Bernardo Silva deal , as the newspaper close to the Catalan club’s offices believes that Guardiola and Txiki Begiristain are making a brilliant play to get Barcelona to sign Silva for a large sum of money.
The newspaper says that Guardiola and Manchester City believe that this is the right time to sell Bernardo Silva after the player gave everything for the club and began to grow old, and Pep is trying to get the greatest return from the deal through his play that he will play against Barcelona.
In the end, Sport confirmed that the Bernardo Silva deal is good for Barcelona, but the club must be strong in the negotiations in order to be able to sign him at a reasonable price because it will have to sell one of its important players in order to complete that process.
The newspaper cited the failed deals that Guardiola had previously agreed to, such as Ferran Torres and Eric Garcia, and asked: Will Guardiola agree to sell Rodri or Foden to Barcelona?! of course no..
