{"id":7460,"date":"2026-04-19T08:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/7460\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T08:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:10:07","slug":"barcelona-face-complications-in-pursuit-of-juventus-linked-man-city-playmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/7460\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona face complications in pursuit of Juventus-linked Man City playmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The coming summer is set to mark the end of Bernardo Silva\u2019s truly delightful spell at Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>After enjoying a successful stint in Manchester, the Portuguese international is ready to take the next step in his career and will be available as a free agent. <\/p>\n<p>Quite naturally, Silva is set to become one of the most sought-after players in the upcoming summer transfer window, with <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-and-juventus-remain-keen-on-soon-to-be-free-premier-league-captain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Barcelona emerging as one of the potential suitors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two favourites in Silva race<\/p>\n<p>According to Tuttosport (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/cuenta-bernardo-silva-129257871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Diario SPORT<\/a>), Juventus have emerged as one of two favourites in the race to sign Bernardo Silva this summer.<\/p>\n<p>But the Italian giants are not alone in this chase, with Barcelona seen as their biggest threat as the Silva pursuit intensifies.<\/p>\n<p>Silva is not the new target for Bar\u00e7a, with the playmaker being linked with a move to Catalonia for years now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/manchester-city-fc-training-session-and-press-conference-uefa-champions-league-2025-26-round-of-16-s.jpeg\" alt=\"Bernardo Silva of Manchester City\" class=\"wp-image-195019\"  \/>Bernardo Silva is set to leave Man City this summer. (Photo by Alex Livesey\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona have yet to make any concrete move for the former AS Monaco star, but his name is often received well in the camp. <\/p>\n<p>That being said, there are certain complications regarding both Barcelona and Juventus, as far as signing Silva is concerned.<\/p>\n<p>Juventus\u2019 pursuit, for one, will hinge on the club securing a qualification for next season\u2019s Champions League. With six matches still remaining, the Old Lady are facing strong competition from Como, AS Roma and Atalanta.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona, meanwhile, are likely to have problems meeting Silva\u2019s wage expectations. At \u20ac10 million, the Portuguese commands a hefty package and the club are in no mood to drastically inflate their wage bill next season.<\/p>\n<p>Silva, for his part, wants to remain in Europe as he believes he still has a couple of years left in him. But with both Barcelona and Juventus facing complications, it will be interesting to see if any third party emerges as a favourite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The coming summer is set to mark the end of Bernardo Silva\u2019s truly delightful spell at Manchester City.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,1252,1238,272],"class_list":{"0":"post-7460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-barcelona","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-barcelona-news","10":"tag-bernardo-silva","11":"tag-juventus","12":"tag-manchester-city"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}