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He is a star in Manchester City and Barcelona wanted him, now he renews with Pep Guardiola for 3 more years

Bernardo Silva is one of Man City's most important players

By Hector Garcia

Bernardo Silva is one of Man City's most important players
Bernardo Silva is one of Man City's most important players

Bernardo Silva is one of Manchester City's most important players. To date, he has been one of the key elements of Pep Guardiola's team that has put the Citizens on top. After winning the treble last season, at Etihad the motivation is still alive and has been shown in this current Premier League season where successes have continued. At the moment, Manchester City is unbeaten in the domestic league and they are already preparing to defend their title in their Champions League debut tomorrow against Red Star.

The successes have not only come at club level for Bernardo Silva. The Portuguese also has excellent numbers with the Portugal national team. The player lifted Nations League title with the Portuguese national team in 2019 and recently achieved alongside Cristiano Ronaldo the qualification of the European team to the next Euro 2024. With this said Portugal has qualified for the 6th consecutive time to a European championship giving much of how the level has grown in this country. 

Prior to his arrival at City, Silva had become one of Monaco's flagship players. From there, some of the top European teams looked at him after an excellent Champions League season where he reached the quarter finals with the French team Such a performance would bring him to Pep Guardiola's team and since then he has become one of the best midfielders in the world. Such is the quality of the footballer that the player was wanted by several teams. 

Finally, he ended up renewing with the English team until 2025. According to various media, this is the team that was very interested in taking the 29-year-old footballer to their ranks

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According to media such as SPORT, FC Barcelona wanted to sign Bernardo Silva this summer. Xavi Hernandez's team made some punctual signings such as Joao Cancelo and Joao Felix, both Portuguese. However, he ended up renewing with Manchester City ending all kind of rumours about a potential exit to the Spanish Club


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