The blue half of Manchester is currently in a really upbeat mood after winning the triple crown. The Man City team will change in the upcoming weeks, though. Ilkay Gundogan, the team’s captain, has already joined Barcelona on a free transfer.
Other teams are showing interest in a number of other Man City players. Aymeric Laporte and Riyad Mahrez, for example, have had their futures uncertain.
With only two years left on his contract, Bernardo Silva is another player who may decide to leave the team. It has been predicted that he will move to Barcelona alongside Gundogan or take a different path out with Paris Saint-Germain.
Man City ‘fear the worst’ that Silva would leave them this summer, according to Football Insider. And his final destination might be somewhere in Saudi Arabia rather than Barcelona or PSG.
Silva might be the most recent well-known athlete to get a sizable contract from the Saudi Professional League. Due to UEFA’s Financial Fair Play requirements, even wealthy teams like Man City and PSG would find it difficult to compete with their offers.
Man City have established an asking price for Silva between £45 million and £50 million, appearing to accept their fate. The Premier League champions will accept a bid of that value if one is made.
The Portuguese international’s six-season stint at Man City will come to an end as a result. He has made 306 appearances for them throughout that period and scored 55 goals while collecting 14 championships.
Cole Palmer will also depart from Man City.
Football Insider predicts that several offensive midfielders, including Silva, could depart Manchester City this summer.
Cole Palmer is ‘expected’ to leave them on loan before the 2023–24 season, according to a different source on the same website.
Palmer, a graduate of the Man City academy, has so far made 38 appearances for the first squad but has only made three starts in Premier League games. The club is willing to send him elsewhere in the Premier League for a season in order to give him the next opportunity in his growth.
In the race to recruit Palmer, Brighton has solidified their position as a contender. Man City will not take any ongoing offer wherever he goes.
However, time is on their side as they search for a place to position him in order to build up his game time for the upcoming season because his contract at the Etihad Stadium is set to expire in 2026.
Therefore, Football Insider now expects Palmer to be unveiled by a new club for a season-long loan spell within a matter of weeks.