Pep Guardiola has confirmed Bernardo Silva will spend the remainder of the season with Manchester Metropolis.
Silva is known to have been eager on taking on a brand new problem because the starting of the continued pandemic.
The 28-year-old has three years remaining on his present deal on the Etihad Stadium and has attracted curiosity from the likes of Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain this summer season.
Guardiola benched Silva in Manchester Metropolis’s opening video games of their title defence towards West Ham and Bournemouth.
Silva made his first Premier League begin of the marketing campaign in Metropolis’s 3-3 draw with Newcastle, scoring and offering an help on his return to the lineup.
Sources near the Etihad Stadium have maintained in current weeks the possibilities of Bernardo Silva leaving within the closing weeks of the switch window are extraordinarily slim.
A current report even steered Silva had been left ‘unimpressed’ after Metropolis turned down a €70 million supply for the Portugal worldwide from PSG.
Talking forward of Metropolis’s league assembly with Crystal Palace on Saturday, Pep Guardiola has confirmed Bernardo Silva goes to remain on the Etihad Stadium for the present marketing campaign.
The Catalan went on to disclaim experiences of a bid from PSG and said Manchester Metropolis haven’t obtained an method from the French giants.
No calls.
No bids.
He is staying.Pep Guardiola confirms.
— Metropolis Xtra (@City_Xtra) August 26, 2022
Guardiola, who signed Silva from AS Monaco in 2017, mentioned: “Bernardo Silva will keep at Man Metropolis, there are not any negotiations.”
The Manchester Metropolis boss was additional requested if the membership would hearken to presents made for Silva within the the rest of the switch window.
“We haven’t any telephone name from any membership concerning Bernardo Silva, so he’ll keep,” Guardiola added.
Silva is amongst a sequence of present and former Manchester Metropolis gamers who had been believed to be open to leaving the membership final summer season.
Aymeric Laporte, Riyad Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling had been all linked with strikes away from the Etihad Stadium amidst a COVID-19 stricken market.
Jesus and Sterling left for Arsenal and Chelsea respectively this summer season, with Mahrez signing a brand new contract this summer season and Laporte glad together with his sport time after a profitable 2021/22 marketing campaign.
It stays to be seen if Metropolis do obtain any late presents for Bernardo Silva however Guardiola stays assured of holding on to the Lisbon-born midfielder because the Blues once more look to retain their Premier League title.