Barcelona have blown their hopes of prising Bernardo Silva away from Manchester City with their dirty tricks campaign to unsettle the Portuguese midfielder.
The constant claims from the Nou Camp that the Catalan club expect to snatch Silva away to La Liga have not gone down well at the Etihad. City are yet to be told by Barca that they even have an interest in Silva - and the player’s agent, Jorge Mendes, has not informed them that the 28-year-old wants to leave.
City don’t want to sell Silva - and have slapped an £80million-plus valuation on his head in the knowledge that the Spanish club are skint. Barcelona ’s claims that they believe they will get their man for just £60million once they have pulled enough economic levers to satisfy FFP have been ridiculed in Manchester.
