Guardiola urges Silva to stay as Barcelona ponder €75m offer..

Manchester City will battle to keep Bernardo Silva at the club despite ongoing transfer interest from Barcelona.

Pep Guardiola was asked about the situation over Silva’s future at the Etihad Stadium with the Portugal international currently locked in contract talks with the English Premier League champions.

Silva has been linked with a move to Catalonia for over 12 months despite La Blaugrana’s financial issues blocking a formal bid.

Guardiola reiterated his point over not keeping players at City, who want to leave, but insisted Silva’s case is not the same as Ilkay Gundogan.

Gundogan completed a free transfer move to Barcelona, after opting against a renewal in Manchester, but Guardiola is determined to retain Silva.

“Regarding Kyle (Walker) and Bernardo (Silva), what can I say? They’re so important for us. We’re going to do everything to keep them. We want Silva to stay and he wants to stay”, as per reports from BBC Sport.

 “Regarding Kyle and Bernardo. They’re important players for us. We want them to stay. We will do everything. To replace these two players is incredibly

“These two players’ (situations) are difficult – we have already lost two incredible players with Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez, they scored goals in important games. To lose Kyle and Bernardo would be difficult. We will do everything to keep them.”

Guardiola’s comments look to have drawn a line under a possible immediate exit for Silva with Barcelona likely to turn their attention elsewhere in the short term.

Croatian international Josko Gvardiol is in line to complete a move from RB Leipzig with Aymeric Laporte expected to leave City.

While City are determined to keep Silva Sport claim that Barcelona are putting together a €75m package to bring him to club this summer. While Barcelona have been targeting a right-back, a midfielder and a forward, it appears as if they are willing to blow their budget on Silva.

The deal would be a €65m initial fee, paid in instalments, and an extra €10m in variables that would be simple to achieve. Silva himself would have to lower his salary in the first year, and could then see his salary increase in the remaining years of his deal. The Catalan daily say that Silva’s capacity to force a move will be instrumental if a deal can get done