Barca News
“Xavi said that we will compete for the Champions League next season, but we need two deals in two positions, a midfielder and a full-back,” said Juan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona, to the Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo the day before yesterday.
Although Laporta did not reveal the identity of the players that Xavi requested to strengthen the team before the start of the next season, the aforementioned newspaper was able to identify the name of one of them from close sources in the Catalan club.
Mundo Deportivo says that Barcelona is now aiming to bring the “dream” deal that Xavi wants, who is Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva, Manchester City midfielder.
The 29-year-old Portuguese player’s arrival at the Camp Nou will not be easy because Manchester City is a club known for its difficulty in terms of letting go of good players such as Bernardo Silva, whom Guardiola loves very much.
But Barcelona is counting on Guardiola fulfilling his promise when he confirmed that he would not stand in his way if he wanted to leave Manchester City and would open the doors for him.
Sources from inside the Manchester City dressing room indicate that Bernardo Silva desperately wants to wear the Barcelona shirt and that he is looking forward to experiencing a new atmosphere in a new league after spending 6 years at the club with which he recently won the Champions League.
Barcelona will not be late in trying to sign Bernardo Silva because he knows that Manchester City will not waste a player like him late in the market because he will need to replace him with a player of the same level, so Barcelona will move towards achieving Xavi’s dream as soon as possible.
