Bernardo Silva future on hold: suitor could ditch ex-Benfica | OneFootball

The task of signing Bernardo Silva has become even more complicated for Juventus. Following the defeat in the penultimate Serie A matchday against Fiorentina (2-0), the Italian club moved further away from securing a place in the Champions League, which would force the bianconeri to make a difficult decision regarding the former Benfica.

Currently sitting in sixth place in the league, with the prospect of missing out on the Champions League becoming increasingly real, the Turin club would, if it failed to qualify, have to abandon the move for Bernardo Silva. In other words, missing out on Europe’s top competition, just like Benfica, would have a negative financial and sporting impact on Juventus.

Without the revenue generated by UEFA’s biggest competition, estimated at around €60 million to €70 million, the impact on the restructuring of the bianconeri squad under Luciano Spalletti would be quite significant. Without the financial means to sign targets such as Bernardo Silva, the Turin club could even be forced to sell players to balance the books.

Missing out on the Champions League could mean a new approach to the market from the Italian side. While in the cases of Alisson Becker, Liverpool’s goalkeeper, and Randal Kolo Muani, the absence from the lucrative competition would not affect those deals, the same cannot be said for Bernardo Silva, whose demands are higher than those of the other two mentioned targets.

It should be remembered that Bernardo Silva will leave Manchester City at the end of the season, after nine seasons with the English club. With a return to Benfica postponed, as the player himself stated, the Portuguese international’s future should lie elsewhere, with Barcelona and Galatasaray emerging as the frontrunners.

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