Barcelona have brought the curtain down on their quest to sign Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva, just days ahead of the transfer window closing.
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Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Thursday, August 18.
Pep Guardiola has indicated that Manchester City's transfer business is pretty much done and dusted.
In terms of incomings, City have so far brought in four new players this summer - Erling Haaland, Kalvin Phillips, Stefan Ortega and Sergio Gomez. Whilst the likes of Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus to depart, there is now uncertainty surrounding just one senior player.
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Bernardo Silva has been linked all summer long with a move to Spanish giants Barcelona. Despite still having three years to run on his contract he has continually been talked up for a possible move away.
Read more on what Guardiola had to say here.
Marc Cucurella says he was paying attention to the transfer attention in him this summer, as Chelsea beat Manchester City to his signature when the Blues refused to pay Brighton's asking price.
Cucurella was strongly linked with City for weeks, with Pep Guardiola admitting recently that he was a top target to replace Oleksandr Zinchenko at left-back. However, City refused to meet Brighton's valuation of Cucurella, with the Spaniard then moving to Chelsea for £55m, rising to £62m.
City have since spent an initial £11m on young left-back Sergio Gomez from Anderlecht to support Joao Cancelo, while Cucurella has made two appearances for Chelsea, registering one assist already.
Read more from Cucurella here.
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Barcelona have brought the curtain down on their quest to sign Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva, just days ahead of the transfer window closing.
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Pep Guardiola. admitted that Bernardo Silva loves Barcelona as he and counterpart Xavi responded to questions about a transfer for the Manchester City star.
Manchester City played out an entertaining 3-3 draw with Barcelona on Wednesday night at Camp Nou.
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Pep Guardiola joked that Erling Haaland's bed is behind his renewed stamina with Manchester City before reiterating plans to rotate him.
Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva has opened up on staying at the Etihad Stadium amid interest in him from Barcelona.
Manchester City reportedly rebuffed a £68m (€80m) bid from Paris Saint-Germain for Bernardo Silva this week.
Pep Guardiola has indicated that Manchester City's transfer business is pretty much done and dusted.
Manchester City have confirmed the £11million signing of Sergio Gomez from Anderlecht.
If it is to be goodbye, it was certainly a beautiful one.
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