Xavi reacts to Man City's Bernardo Silva stance as Crystal Palace disagree on Haaland 'red card'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukHere are your Manchester City evening headlines on Sunday, August 28. Barcelona manager Xavi is not giving up on signing Bernardo Silva from Manchester City but accepts it will be difficult to get a deal done after Pep Guardiola ruled out selling the Portuguese last week.
Bernardo scored in City's 4-2 victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon, with Guardiola's side coming from behind to win thanks to a hat-trick from Erling Haaland. ALSO READ: Haaland's new chant shows he has silenced doubters The midfielder has been a target for Barcelona all summer, and the Portuguese international featured for City in the friendly match in aid of ALS research against the La Liga club on Wednesday evening.
However, with the Blaugrana unable to move many players on from Camp Nou, a move away from City appears unlikely for Bernardo.
Read more from Xavi here. Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has slammed the officials for missing 'two big decisions' that went against his side in their Premier League defeat to Manchester City on Saturday.
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