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The duel between FC Barcelona and PSG does not stop at the Champions League. Three days after the Parisian qualification on the Montjuïc pitch which awakened so many demons in the Blaugranas at a time when they must play the Clasico on the Real Madrid pitch, the two clubs are no longer apart. This time it is on the transfer window that the battle continues, and as is often the case for these teams of the same caliber, they are targeting more or less the same players.
This summer, and as was already the case in 2023, PSG and Barça are eyeing Bernardo Silva. According to Radio Catalunya and his show Tot Costa, the current 2nd in Liga has made the Portuguese his priority for next season. Financially things are not simple, as usual with the Catalans, but a big sale in their current squad would allow them to finance this move. The media in fact mentions the sum of €50 million, a figure within the reach of PSG and even Barça.
Bernardo Silva has a €50m exit clause
If the announced price seems quite inexpensive given the attacking midfielder’s service record, it is because the latter negotiated a release clause at the time of his last extension last August. Already at the time, Bernardo Silva had desires elsewhere, when he had finally won the Champions League. And if this clause is “only” €50 million, it is to facilitate his departure to another club, while allowing the Cityzens to find their way there.
Under contract until 2026 with the English champion, the former Monegasque is probably living his last weeks in Manchester where his missed shot on goal against Real Madrid last Wednesday risks being reminded of him. According to Radio Catalunya, he favors the Barça option but PSG, and its larger financial resources, will also try its luck. The key will probably lie in the different relationships that management has with Jorge Mendes. And in this little game of comparisons, it is rather the Spanish club which wins…
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