Bernardo Silva | Bouhafsi - 70m Euros, 5 year contract. Going to City CONFIRMED

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He is such a brilliant footballer would be the best signing specially the way mourinho is setting up team against big teams can hold the ball in tight situations and make a pass out of nowhere.

The through ball against city was brilliant.He could be our David Silva.
 
pocco said:
Who is Don Balon? They're saying that Mendes is meeting with Florentino Perez this week to offer Bernardo Silva to Real.
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Think they are not super reliable. I dont think you have to offer Silva to someone, clubs will go ask for him.
 
His dribbling ability is deceptively good. I say deceptively because of the way he draws defenders into committing themselves. He's exactly the kind of player we need against teams that bring out the bus, to create that little bit of space in what is already a congested area.

Dare I say it we may be needing a new No.10 soon...
 
pocco said:
Who is Don Balon? They're saying that Mendes is meeting with Florentino Perez this week to offer Bernardo Silva to Real.
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The worst of the worst. They are even worse than the likes of caughtoffside and The Express for endless BS. The sad ting is that the likes of The Star and The Express use them as a 'credible' source so when Don Balon decide to print nonsense then it snowballs into something people start believing due to a few awful tabloids in England reprinting it
 
A player with potential to be one of the best in the World is being touted around? :lol: Yea, okay...
 


We have to secure the Europa League title otherwise I can see him preferring a City move. David Silva, Bernardo Silva along with KDB can't be allowed.

I hope we get him. Perfect replacement for Rooneys no.10 shirt.
 
Jig1234 said:


We have to secure the Europa League title otherwise I can see him preferring a City move. David Silva, Bernardo Silva along with KDB can't be allowed.

I hope we get him. Perfect replacement for Rooneys no.10 shirt.
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Think he'd prefer United, he's Portugese and we have Jose. That being said, don't think we're even interested, barely any murmurs.
 
Womp said:
Think he'd prefer United, he's Portugese and we have Jose. That being said, don't think we're even interested, barely any murmurs.
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If we are aren't interested we're fools. Rooney, Lingard, Martial & Mkhitaryan have been poor. B. Silva could unlock so many opportunities for goals. I think he would be an upgrade on everyone we have. I look at Mata as more of a scorer than creator. B. Silva would actually free players like Martial by passing between the lines and releasing the ball early.

Too many players pass into feet or play safe.

At the moment everything is on Pogba to create.
 
Jig1234 said:
If we are aren't interested we're fools. Rooney, Lingard, Martial & Mkhitaryan have been poor. B. Silva could unlock so many opportunities for goals. I think he would be an upgrade on everyone we have. I look at Mata as more of a scorer than creator. B. Silva would actually free players like Martial by passing between the lines and releasing the ball early.

Too many players pass into feet or play safe.

At the moment everything is on Pogba to create.
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I agree, Silva is my muppet signing. He is as good as I've seen on the ball in a long time. You can't get the ball off him unless he wants to give it to you, I've made the comparison a few times already but he's very similar in that regard to a peak Messi or Iniesta. Would probably be the best dribbler in our team, whilst also being deceptively quick.

Would be an immense signing.
 
He's ours to lose imo. Mainly due to the Jose connection. Portuguese speaking staff would make a massive difference for him.
 
Should be wary of joining us.

Jose might ask him to play like an RB , then fall out with him after seeing that he does not have this in his game then keep him out for 2 or 3 months and then we will ask what exactly happened to the brilliant dazzling winger we had seen and we will all say how Lingard is much better than him and how he is a one season wonder and we will then move on to the next sensation.
 
Jig1234 said:


We have to secure the Europa League title otherwise I can see him preferring a City move. David Silva, Bernardo Silva along with KDB can't be allowed.

I hope we get him. Perfect replacement for Rooneys no.10 shirt.
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More inside type forwards.. Gotta love that City transfer policy
 
Jig1234 said:


We have to secure the Europa League title otherwise I can see him preferring a City move. David Silva, Bernardo Silva along with KDB can't be allowed.

I hope we get him. Perfect replacement for Rooneys no.10 shirt.
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This. The thought of him and De Bruyne playing together against is the stuff of nightmares. I don't know if the source is reliable but really if we've been watching Monaco this season, then surely he has got to be the top of our shopping list. Even more than Mbappe I think this is the guy we simply have to get.
 
I really think this guy would be a good addition because he fits nicely into the team in terms of the various options Mourinho might approach for the system going forward. I don't think we'd have the same problems with Bernardo Silva as with Griezmann in terms of fitting him into the team:

4-2-3-1
Rashford/Martial
Mkhitaryan - Griezmann - Silva

4-3-3
Mkhitaryan - Rashford/Martial/Griezmann - Silva
Pogba - Herrera
DM

4-4-2
Rashford/Martial - Griezmann
Mkhitaryan - Pogba - Herrera - Silva

3-4-3
Mkhitaryan - Rashford/Martial/Griezmann - Silva
LWB - Pogba - Herrera - Valencia
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I have Mkhitaryan on the left in all of these just because I figure you wouldn't pay £50-60m for Silva and then play him on the other side after the damage he's caused on the right this season, but Mourinho could easily put Mkhitaryan on the right and Silva on the left if he wanted, or put one of them at the #10 spot.b

If we played 4-4-2 could we not just copy Monaco's system but with a better side man for man if Silva and potentially Griezmann were in it? Defensively I think we already have a better back four, Pogba and Herrera might beat out Fabinho and Bakayoko/Moutinho in CM and potentially Griezmann in attack is just awesome.
 
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I don't think he could cope with PL's pace and strength. It is entertaining to watch him, but that is in France.
 
Pearson said:
I don't think he could cope with PL's pace and strength. It is entertaining to watch him, but that is in France.
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I had the same doubts but then I thought what it's really like to have technically superior players at disposal, ready for a biggest stage like Champions League. Same could be applied to Griezmann who's making Atletico such a blast to watch at times even against bit more physical teams.

Hopefully this summer will be a bit mix of everything.
 
Pearson said:
I don't think he could cope with PL's pace and strength. It is entertaining to watch him, but that is in France.
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Oh this bollocks again. You mean like the big bruisers David Silva, Ozil, De Bruyne, Fabregas and Mata. All of them couldn't cope right.
 
Pearson said:
I don't think he could cope with PL's pace and strength. It is entertaining to watch him, but that is in France.
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The French league is very physical as well. Players like David Silva and Santi Cazorla had no problems either. Edit: Damn you Bojan!

pocco said:
Who is Don Balon? They're saying that Mendes is meeting with Florentino Perez this week to offer Bernardo Silva to Real.
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You are properly invested. :lol:
 
Bring Fabinho and Silve from this team and I don't want anything else from them. We need him much more than City.
 
Bojan11 said:
Oh this bollocks again. You mean like the big bruisers David Silva, Ozil, De Bruyne, Fabregas and Mata. All of them couldn't cope right.
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He might be able to play as a shining star like David Silva, or like Mata with less lustre. I don't suppose signing another Mata will be your expectation, after all we have got one Mata at our disposal. Given his price, it is a risky choice.

In terms of physicality, he is not in the same class with De Bruyne or Fabregas.
 
el3mel said:
Bring Fabinho and Silve from this team and I don't want anything else from them. We need him much more than City.
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That is like saying to a guy, I want your left leg, right arm, your testicles and a kidney but for the rest I don't want anything else !
 
Pearson said:
I don't think he could cope with PL's pace and strength. It is entertaining to watch him, but that is in France.
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I thought the same thing when Mata and Silva came to the PL. But they both turned out to be outstanding players. I guess their intelligence compensate for their less imposing frames and lack of speed. Then in the PL you have got players who built like tanks and have the speed of Usian Bolt but have zero intelligence such as Traore.
 
Devil may care said:
I don't see Jose going with that, he likes a striker that can hold the ball up, he'll bring a #9 in to play up top IMO, he wont rest the season on a kid as his main #9, no matter who he puts in the secondary striker role, not to mention Griezmann is the same as Rashford in terms of needing a partner to feed off that offers more on the ball.
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Nice post. Just a thought.

Jose seems to use different types of strikers with different characteristics. People have wrongly locked him into being the Drogba type of manager.

Remember Benny McCarthy at Porto? Diego Milito at Inter? Samuel Eto? Hernan Crespo? Higuain at Madrid? Even Benzema is not a Drogba type of Striker. The closest to Drogba he has had has been Diego Costa.

He seems to place more importance on having clinical marksmen than having bullies in attack. And of course, being able to hold the ball well upfront, is not about your physical size.
 
Triple.Threat said:
I thought the same thing when Mata and Silva came to the PL. But they both turned out to be outstanding players. I guess their intelligence compensate for their less imposing frames and lack of speed. Then in the PL you have got players who built like tanks and have the speed of Usian Bolt but have zero intelligence such as Traore.
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I agree with your verdict on Mata and Silva that both of them are outstanding players. For me Silva exemplifies how to survive and shine in PL when you have a less imposing frames and lack speed. All due respect to Mata, he is not as good as Silva in PL. Since we have Mata in our squad, so I assume the reason we want to buy him is to add something to the current squad that Mata couldn't provide. I suppose JM wants a playmaker like Silva who was one of the few players in PL history who can play like a master with their football intelligence regardless their physicality.
 
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Great buy especially for playing against teams that park their respective buses are OT. Can create opening in tight spaces. We currently lack that capability for those type of situations.
 
On the one hand I see a fairly standard continental ten, good touch, looks good when his team are in full flow but lightweight, half decent player when the chips are down.

On the other hand the Silva comparisons have piqued my interest as he is one of the only prem player of the last five years I would have taken, fabulous player.

I am undecided.
 
Womp said:
Think he'd prefer United, he's Portugese and we have Jose. That being said, don't think we're even interested, barely any murmurs.
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Just rumours here and there.

We might be keen though. Like he said, he is Portuguese.

The James Rodrigueze rumours are also strong. If Jose wants James, then it's likely we are not keen on Silva. Or maybe we are simply going after both with the hope of getting one of the two.

Nothing confirmed for now anyway.
 
Price tag willlikely be the determining factor. I dont expect Jose to spend a lot on a light weight player that may struggle in the PL, particularly for a role he has one or two alternatives for.

He is an upgrade on what we have, but by how much and for how much. We might need to sell Mata if we want to buy Silva.
 
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Jig1234 said:


We have to secure the Europa League title otherwise I can see him preferring a City move. David Silva, Bernardo Silva along with KDB can't be allowed.

I hope we get him. Perfect replacement for Rooneys no.10 shirt.
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Jose's Mendes connection should get him here.
 
bucky said:
The French league is very physical as well. Players like David Silva and Santi Cazorla had no problems either. Edit: Damn you Bojan!



You are properly invested. :lol:
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:lol: I know, I've been sucked in by his magical skills. I've not been this desperate for us to sign somebody for a long time, I just look at him and think he's the answer to unlocking our attack and bringing a bit of magic back to Old Trafford. I'll be gutted if we miss out.
 
Jig1234 said:


We have to secure the Europa League title otherwise I can see him preferring a City move. David Silva, Bernardo Silva along with KDB can't be allowed.

I hope we get him. Perfect replacement for Rooneys no.10 shirt.
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This is what I want to hear. I'm confident we can beat City to him even though I bet Pep has the Kleenex out every time he's playing.

We got linked with him quite a while back and it seemed like quite a strong link, so since then I'm convinced we're interested and I think/hope these James Rodriguez links are put out to try and distract teams away from our interest in Bernardo. The Jose/Potugal/Mendes/Adidas factors should hopefully see this one home if we really are interested.
 
GM K said:
Nice post. Just a thought.

Jose seems to use different types of strikers with different characteristics. People have wrongly locked him into being the Drogba type of manager.

Remember Benny McCarthy at Porto? Diego Milito at Inter? Samuel Eto? Hernan Crespo? Higuain at Madrid? Even Benzema is not a Drogba type of Striker. The closest to Drogba he has had has been Diego Costa.

He seems to place more importance on having clinical marksmen than having bullies in attack. And of course, being able to hold the ball well upfront, is not about your physical size.
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I think if you look at them all bar McCarthy they have a physical quality to them, an ability to win the aerial ball and hold it, they aren't all battering rams but they share key traits in their game. In the case of Eto'o he used him as a wide player in the front 3 at Inter, very much how he's used Rashford much of the season, utilizing his pace.

I think we started the season with the idea that the 2 wider forwards would float around and play off Ibra as the attacking pivot, but it never really gelled, and now he's out we are playing very defensive and just hitting balls into the channels for Rashford to chase, which he is doing like a trooper but it's not getting the very most out of his qualities IMO, for that I think he requires a partner.
 
From Le10..

According to our information, a fierce fight between two clubs is played behind the scenes for the transfer of Bernardo Silva. And it is on the side of the Premier League that the discussions take place ...

In view of the popular and media tidal wave that floods the AS Monaco , one would think that there is only Kylian Mbappé on the Rock. But around the Monaco phenomenon there are many other talents. Bernardo Silva is one of them, he who many Ligue 1 players consider as the best element of the French championship this season. A nugget very courted in the approach of the summer market and for which a spectacular match draws behind the scenes for several days.

Manchester City and United meet for Bernardo Silva
According to our information, Manchester United and Manchester City are in the final sprint for the transfer of Bernardo Silva . The match has already begun between the two enemy clubs to afford the Portuguese nugget this summer. Monaco , who gave a good exit to his attacking midfield, is witnessing the already intense duel between the two giants of Premier League. Courted by Real Madrid , Bernardo Silva has no news of the Merengue , visibly distanced in this file. It remains to know the amount of offers that will propose MU and City for Bernardo Silva . But whatever happens, the game of the auctions will benefit the AS Monaco ...
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The Portuguese nugget apparently.
 
Murder on Zidane's Floor said:
On the one hand I see a fairly standard continental ten, good touch, looks good when his team are in full flow but lightweight, half decent player when the chips are down.

On the other hand the Silva comparisons have piqued my interest as he is one of the only prem player of the last five years I would have taken, fabulous player.

I am undecided.
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Standard continental 10? He plays mainly from the right at the moment and there is nothing standard about him. He looks like he could be better than David Silva and that's coming from somebody that it's begrudgingly a huge admirer of David Silva. He looks like he could potentially be in the Iniesta bracket, an absolute magician.
 
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