Bernardo Silva future on hold: suitor could drop 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 player.

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 give up on signing Bernardo Silva. In other words, missing out on Europe’s main competition, just like Benfica.

Without the revenue generated by UEFA’s biggest competition, around 60 to 70 million euros, there would be a very considerable impact on the restructuring of the bianconeri squad under Luciano Spalletti. 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 Randall Kolo-Muani, the absence from the lucrative competition would have no impact on those deals, the same cannot be said for Bernardo Silva, who has higher demands than the other two targets mentioned.

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

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