Kylian Mbappe is ‘pushing to be reunited with former Monaco team-mate Bernardo Silva’ as Luis Campos looks to lure the playmaker to the French capital… but Man City ‘want £70m for the Portugal star’
PSG are reportedly keen to move for Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva this summer, with Kylian Mbappe said to be eyeing a reunion.
Le10Sport are reporting that star forward Mbappe and football advisor Luis Campos are both pushing to reunite with Silva, 28, following their time together with AS Monaco.
The playmaker was linked with a move away from City last summer, with Barcelona thought to be leading the race to sign him, but PSG have seemingly now emerged as the new front-runners.
He had been lined up by the Spanish club as a replacement for Frenkie de Jong, who was the subject of a transfer saga of his own last summer, but with no move eventually materialising for the Dutchman Silva remained in Manchester for a sixth season.
City have been dealt a considerable blow after it was announced they had allegedly breached financial fair play rules 115 times, and could now be set to lose one of their key players in the summer.
Kylian Mbappe is reportedly keen for PSG to bring old team-mate Bernardo Silva to the club
The report from the French outlet claims that Silva is Campos’ priority signing this summer, after the club were restricted from wading into the transfer market in winter by Financial Fair Play rules.
Campos was the sporting director that brought Silva to Stade Louis II, and the Portugal midfielder starred alongside Mbappe to win the 2016-17 Ligue 1 title a year after the 58-year-old’s departure.
Silva and Mbappe combined for six goals in 44 games over two seasons at Monaco, including once against City during their surprise run to the Champions League semi-finals in 2016-17.
And the presence of two faces from Silva’s past are thought to be a bonus to Les Parisiens, who will likely have to fend off interest from Barca.
Silva was close to moving to the Nou Camp last term, but with the Blaugrana now hampered by Javier Tebas’ demands that they shed £177million from their wage list, they could now be out of the race to land the £70m-rated star.
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