Bernardo Silva hasn’t told me he is leaving Manchester City, says Pep Guardiola
Guardiola says he is ‘so grumpy” with Bernardo Silva for not yet telling him his future plansThe City manager had requested to be the first person informed when Silva reaches a decisionSilva is ex...
Bernardo Silva hasn’t told me he is leaving Manchester City, says Pep Guardiola Guardiola says he is ‘so grumpy” with Bernardo Silva for not yet telling him his future plans The City manager had requested to be the first person informed when Silva reaches a decision Silva is expected to leave the Etihad Stadium as a free agent when his contract expires in June Manchester City captain Bernardo Silva is set to leave the Etihad Stadium when his contract expires in June, with the Portugal international yet to formally communicate his future plans to manager Pep Guardiola. The 31-year-old has been at Manchester City for nine years since joining from AS Monaco for £43 million in 2017 and has long harboured a desire to return closer to his homeland. Fabrizio Romano confirmed his departure as a certainty in recent weeks, with Silva understood to have selected Barcelona as his preferred next destination.
Juventus have also made formal contact with his agent Jorge Mendes over a potential switch to Turin. Bernardo Silva’s Manchester City exit confirmed by Pep Lijnders after Liverpool FA Cup win Assistant manager Pep Lijnders confirmed Silva’s exit in the aftermath of City’s 4-0 FA Cup quarter-final win over Liverpool last weekend, hailing the outgoing captain as ‘unique’ and insisting no direct replacement can be found in the transfer market. “Every good story comes to an end,” Lijnders said, while stressing just how acutely Silva’s absence will be felt across the seasons to come.
Despite the near-universal acceptance of what lies ahead, the man at the centre of it all has yet to formally declare his intentions – leaving his own manager still waiting for the call he was promised. Guardiola: I’m so grumpy with Bernardo Speaking in a press conference on Friday afternoon ahead of Sunday’s Premier League trip to Chelsea , Guardiola lifted the lid on a playful exchange with Silva over his future with characteristic wit and warmth. “I’m so grumpy with Bernardo Silva because one month ago I said, ‘When you take a decision (on your future), I have to be the first to be told’,” Guardiola said.
“And he didn’t say to me anything yet. I said, jokingly, ‘Tell me, I deserve’, but he didn’t tell me! So I don’t know what’s going on.