City raise Bar: Silva now £80m

MANCHESTER CITY are ready to price Bernardo Silva out of a move to Barcelona.

The Premier League champions will demand in excess of £80million for the Portuguese livewire should the Catalans crank up their attempts to unsettle Silva for a second successive summer.

Barca tried to lure the 27-year-old a year ago – and City boss Pep Guardiola was willing to allow Silva to leave after the midfielder asked to be allowed to move to Spain