Barcelona Agrees Personal Terms With Top Manchester City Star As La Liga Club Shopping Spree Continues

Barcelona Agrees Personal Terms With Top Manchester City Star As La Liga Club Shopping Spree Continues

Chukwu Ikechukwu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:08 PM
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  • Bernardo Silva has taken a step closer to securing his desired move to Barcelona in the summer transfer window
  • Barcelona and Silva have reached an agreement on personal terms, which is hardly surprising, considering his desire to join the Blaugrana
  • Silva faces an uncertain future at the Etihad Stadium as he wants to embark on a new adventure while he is still in his peak years

Barcelona has had a fantastic summer transfer window and the Catalan giants are still not slowing down as they have intensified their pursuit of Bernardo Silva.

The La Liga club has so far signed Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Frank Kessie, Andreas Christensen, and Jules Kounde this summer and wants to add the Manchester City midfielder to the list.

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Bernardo Silva has amassed 13 goals and 7 assists in 50 appearances for Manchester City across all competitions. Photo by Tom Flathers
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According to The Hard Tackle, Barcelona and Silva have edged closer to sealing a summer transfer as the Spanish club has agreed personal terms with the Portugal international.

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The Catalan club will still need to convince Manchester City to part ways with the 27-year-old who has been an integral member of Pep Guardiola’s team in recent seasons.

Barcelona sees Bernardo Silva as the perfect replacement for Dutch midfielder, Frenkie de Jong whom the club plans to offload to raise funds to register their new signings.

Barcelona confirm the sale of 24.5 percent of Barça Studios

Meanwhile, Barcelona has confirmed the club has raised a total of €100 million after selling 24.5 percent of the club’s studios Barca Universal reports.

The Blaugrana have now triggered their third economic lever that should take care of any problems that they would have faced with regard to the registration of the new signings.

Barcelona has now generated a massive sum of over €750 million from the sale of club assets this summer as the club battles to come out of its financial crisis.

Barcelona beat NY Red Bulls 2-0 to cap unbeaten US tour

Earlier, Sports Brief reported Ousmane Dembele and Memphis Depay lifted Barcelona to a 2-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls as the Spanish giants finished their four-match friendly tour of the United States unbeaten.

French winger Dembele fired Barcelona ahead after 40 minutes before a sellout crowd of 25,252 at Red Bull Arena.

Depay made it 2-0 in the 87th minute, five minutes after the Red Bulls were reduced to 10 men when Daniel Edelman was sent off for a wild sliding tackle on Pablo Torre.

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Chukwu Ikechukwu Godwin is a journalist with over 9 years of experience in the Nigerian media industry. He has worked both in Radio (Today FM, Rhythm FM, Wish FM) and Television (Silverbird TV) as a Sports Analyst..
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