Manchester City standout Bernardo Silva has been 'offered' by Spanish giants Real Madrid ahead of this summer's transfer window, according to reports.
man city invested an initial fee of around £43m to sign Silva from Ligue 1 side AS Monaco ahead of the 2017/18 season.
Will Silva leave in the summer?
The Portugal international is a very important player for the Premier League team and has proven to be a great signing for the Premier League team. pep guardiolaReigning at Etihad Airways.
Silva remains a valuable asset, having played just shy of 350 games for Man City. So far this season, he has scored 5 goals and 9 goals in 38 competitive matches.
Despite this, the 29-year-old could leave Man City this summer. At the end of last year, he signed a one-year contract extension to extend his contract until 2026, which is understood to include a release clause for him.
Earlier this week, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano pointed out that he has a £50m release clause in his contract. “Attention…Bernardo Silva's contract with Man City includes a £50m release clause with effect from this summer,” he tweeted.
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According to Spanish media reports Don DialloSilva's agent Jorge Mendes said the Man City star was “in talks with Barcelona” but that “he could end up at Real Madrid”.
It is claimed that Mendes has offered Silva to Real Madrid for 58 million euros. This is considered to be 'affordable', but 'given the age of the players and the white team's overbooking in midfield, it is highly unlikely that this strategy will be implemented. “It may be suggested that.”
Regarding Barcelona's interest in Silva, it has been claimed that club president Joan Laporta is “aiming a coup d'état to reduce the impact on Barcelona of the signing of Kylian Mbappé with Real Madrid”, with Manchester City The star player said, “It's possible.'' '' with Erling Haaland, “We can't achieve it now.''
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Silva's request
Reports from Spanish publications Nacional They have suggested that Silva's current value is “out of reach” for Barcelona, but they would like to see two factors made clear if he leaves Man City. they explain.
“First of all, he wants to know who the new person is.” [Barcelona] The coach will do that before making a decision.
“Furthermore, we hope that the difference between his value and the price of his departure can be made up with a sufficient annual salary, which would make it even more difficult to register him in the league.”
