Juve market: Bernardo Silva moves away, close to landing in Spain

Juventus’ big market dream is destined to remain so. Bernardo Silva, the zero-parameter hit that was supposed to light up the new Bianconeri three-quarter, is moving almost permanently away from Turin. Despite long months of courtship and a negotiation that seemed to have come down to the details, the Portuguese star’s fate will not be colored in bianconero, but in rojiblanco.

Breaking the delay was the class ’94 himself who, through Manchester City’s official channels, confirmed his imminent farewell after 9 years of triumphs at the Etihad Stadium: “I’m leaving as a Citizen fan. I feel the time has come to make room for young people and to get a little closer to my family-I have been 12 years away from them and I feel this need.” It was precisely the words related to returning home that charted the course of his future, pushing away the hypothesis of a move to Italy.

The rumors coming from Spain find immediate confirmation: Atletico Madrid has made the decisive overtake. Diego Pablo Simeone has identified in the Portuguese the perfect profile for the Colchoneros’ qualitative leap, putting on the plate an offer that marries both the player’s technical ambitions and his logistical needs, given his geographical proximity to Lisbon.

Juventus, for its part, is paying the price of a complicated and troubled end to the season on the field, which has slowed the club’s economic planning just in the days when the decisive attack should be launched. In the background also remains the strong interest of Barcelona and a timid attempt by Xabi Alonso’s new Chelsea, but the feeling among market experts is that Madrid is now the designated destination. For the Old Lady, the casting for the big midfield coup must officially begin again.