According to local media reports, Manchester City's Bernardo Silva will be lured by Saudi Arabia to move to Saudi professional league side Al Hilal by offering him a high salary that is now three times his salary at Manchester City.
Bernardo Silva's weekly salary at Manchester City is around £150,000 (US$191205), but now the Saudi team wants to poach Bernardo Silva for a weekly salary of close to £500,000 to move to Saudi Arabia to pan for gold.
Bernardo Silva may face a new career plan this summer after six years at Manchester City. According to sources close to him, Bernardo Silva personally prefers to stay in Europe, but he has not completely refused the invitation to go to Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal to pan for gold, and will be teammates with earlier Premier League players Rubén Neves and Calidu Koulibaly.
Bernardo Silva has two years left on his contract with Manchester City, and City will certainly ask to receive a hefty transfer fee before allowing him to leave, but that may not be a problem for the Saudi Pro League side.
It was also reported earlier in the media that Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona are also interested in Bernardo Silva, but the two teams have yet to confirm their interest through an official transfer fee offer.
Earlier media also reported that Manchester City is willing to offer Bernardo Silva a new contract extension, but it is far from the salary proposed by Al Hilal in the Middle East. According to sources, representatives of Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal FC met again with representatives of Silva's agent last week.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is very fond of the Portugal international, but if Bernardo Silva decides to leave, Manchester City will not stop him, and City will only want to receive an acceptable transfer fee income.
Meanwhile, former Manchester United player Jesse Lingard is also preparing for a move to the Saudi Pro League. Jesse Lingard, who left Nottingham Forest after his contract expired at the end of last season, is now a free agent who has just returned from a break in the United States and is training at Manchester United's training ground before deciding on his next move.
