It's the transfer window, so caution is still in order, especially as the busiest days of the market are coming.
But a priori, unless the situation turns around, Bernardo Silva will not come to PSG.
The English press recently transferred him to the side of the capital but the file will therefore not move.
However, the Portuguese was indeed on the list of attackers targeted by Luis Campos, the head of recruitment for the first team in Paris, who had released him from Benfica in 2014 to recruit him in the principality.
At 28 and after five seasons at Manchester City, the very attacking midfielder under contract until 2025 wants to move, torn between the idea of finding the French Championship, Campos and Kylian Mbappé whom he knew in Monaco and the idea of joining Barcelona, a team that has always made him dream.
But only one of his two suitors could have welcomed him financially.
Faster anyway, and it's PSG.
The agreement was close with the Citizen.
Neymar gone to stay
But there was a precondition for his arrival and it has not been fulfilled and probably will not be by September 1: the departure of Neymar.
The whole of Europe knows it: PSG would not have been against the departure of its Brazilian star, who has been disappointing for five years, in his Parisian commitment as in his lifestyle.
Paris would have liked more reliability in this area, especially for such an expensive item in terms of salary.
The summer of 2022 unveiled a new Neymar, sparkling since the start of the season, involved like never before.
It remains to be seen whether this return – the new Neymar is a fairly recurring promise in the life of the club – will experience an extension in September then in October and even more in 2023 after the World Cup which ends on December 18 in Qatar.
Neymar left to stay, Bernardo Silva will therefore not come.
The last reinforcement in the offensive field seems to have the profile of lining to Leo Messi and Neymar while Hugo Ekitike is now that of Kylian Mbappé in the workforce of the current season.
