Reports: Barcelona rule out Bernardo Silva signing

According to EFE, Barcelona have completely ruled out signing the Portuguese from Manchester City, Bernardo Silva

SPAIN — The Barcelona has ruled out the signing of the Portuguese Manchester City Bernard Silva in this summer market due to the refusal of the English team to sell the player and the economic infeasibility of facing the operation by the Barça club, as explained to EFE by a source authorized by the Catalan entity.

Despite the fact that for the Barça club the Portuguese international had been one of the objectives of the transfer market, the Barca It is impossible to carry out the operation before September 1, the last day to carry out operations this summer.

According to the same source, the impossibility of undertaking the operation is due to the refusal of the City in selling the player -the coach of the English team Pep Guardiola has already confirmed that the player would stay in Manchester- and the economic situation of the Barça club.

In this last sense, the Barcelona This Saturday, article 92 of the financial control body of LaLiga was accepted to be able to register the Frenchman Jules Koundé.

In this way, a part of the Barça board of directors presented before The league the guarantees of a guarantee to register the former Sevilla footballer and these guarantees, according to the same source, force Barcelona to save before the transfer market ends.

After the registration of Koundé, the Barça club’s commitment to the Spanish football employers is to generate this savings through the departure of players and, for this reason, LaLiga has accepted the endorsement of the board of directors.

The Barcelona intends to generate these savings through the departures of strikers Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Memphis Depay, as well as the resolution of the cases of Sergiño Dest or Martín Braithwaite, two players who do not count for Barcelona coach Xavi Hernández.

Given this scenario, the BarcHe considers Bernardo Silva’s operation impossible and, at most, could sign up another player, presumably a winger, before the transfer market ends on September 1.