Barcelona ‘obsessed’ with signing €100m Premier League star

FC Barcelona are obsessive about signing Manchester Metropolis’s Bernardo Silva, it has been claimed.

The 27-year-old has been on Man Metropolis’s books since 2017 when he joined from AS Monaco.

Since then, Silva has performed a key position in Manchester Metropolis dominating the English sport, particularly in 2018/19 when the Portuguese was arguably in the perfect type of his profession as Metropolis notched a century of factors within the Premier League.

Nonetheless, despite the fact that Man Metropolis have continued to be the head of English soccer, Silva did look to be eyeing an exit this previous summer season.

No exit was forthcoming for Silva, although, and he went on to impress throughout the course of the 2021/22 marketing campaign.

Nonetheless, with the summer season switch window now open, Silva’s future has as soon as once more been known as into query.

As per journalist Helena Condis, Barca stay obsessive about signing Bernardo Siva from Manchester Metropolis regardless of boasting a well-stocked midfield unit.

The Portuguese has been amongst considered one of Xavi’s high targets this summer season, however a transfer for the midfielder is contingent on the way forward for Frenkie de Jong. On that entrance, Condis provides that the Blaugrana are assured De Jong will ultimately settle for his destiny and depart Camp Nou.

A course of that may in all probability be sped up by the very fact Xavi retains enjoying the previous Ajax star at centre-back in pre-season.

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However even when Manchester United do find yourself touchdown De Jong, his switch price isn’t anticipated to return near what Metropolis need for Silva.

Figures of between €60-70m have been floated for De Jong, while Manchester Metropolis are believed to need €100m for Silva.

So how can Barcelona afford this deal? Properly, as 101 coated on Friday, Barcelona have activated their second financial lever, handing them a money injection of upwards of 300m euros (£254m).

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