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Lionel Messi asks Barcelona board to sign Bernardo Silva

Bernardo Silva has quite a lot of admirers in Europe

Messi is happy with Barcelona's activities in the transfer market. However, he is also aware that the squad still lacks adequate depth and could well do with a couple more top quality signings.

The latest rumour is that the great one has asked the Barcelona board to pursue the signing of Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva. Messi believes that the diminutive Portuguese can provide good competition to the rest of the star-studded line of midfielders seeking a starting spot in Ernesto Valverde's starting XI.

It is also being suggested that Silva is being looked at by Barcelona as a player who can even fill in for Messi in case the Argentine is unavailable due to injury. The reports further add that Pep Guardiola is not impressed by Barcelona's new-found interest in his midfielder and is desperately hoping that Bernardo turns a deaf ear to it.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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