Quote from: Minecache on Today at 01:58:22 PM

Quote from: KTChampions on Today at 11:37:51 AM

It turns out that when Guardiola said a few months ago that he would let Silva go to Barcelona without any problems (since they respect the player’s desire, etc.), was a lie and a bluff? Looks like the bluff failed and now they have to double his salary LOL. I hope other City players will be equally ambitious and City's salary fund will simply burst Grin

First of all, I think selling Bernardo Silva is probably not the best idea for Manchester City. I believe when a player has good chemistry with the squad, he should not be replaced with anyone else. He is also only 28 years of age. This is basically the prime years of his career. So I don’t think it is actually going to make sense for Manchester City to sell him right now.

I also think that £87 million is probably a little less for a player like him. This is a time when any player who even has a little bit of potential goals for more than a hundred million. So I don’t think reaching around a hundred is actually a bad idea. But putting 100 million tag on a player also means that it is going to be very hard for other clubs to get him. And so I guess Manchester City are actually willing to sell him if they get the price that they want. What do you guys think?

What is there to think about if they are willing to DOUBLE his salary just to keep him in the City and extend the contract.
But I wrote about something else - I remember exactly that when this option of Silva's transfer to Barcelona initially arose, Guardiola spun a lot of beautiful words about the fact that City do not hold anyone by force and respect the wishes of the players, etc. And it turns out that it was not true in the sense that they really need Silva, and beautiful words were just an attempt to "solve" the issue not by increasing wages, but by introducing into Silva's head the idea that City doesn't need him that much.