Bernardo Silva insight into Man City training shows why he should snub Barcelona interest

The only time Bernardo Silva mentioned Barcelona in his revealing interview this week was in an answer about Pep Guardiola's demands in Manchester City training.

He spoke about his uncertainty over his City future, but didn't mention Barca by name - even though they are the club trying to sign him and have made no secret of the fact they want to tempt him away from the Etihad. While most of the attention will rightly surround his admission that he doesn't know where his future lies, there was plenty of interesting insight into life at City from Bernardo.

There was his admission that City's Champions League exits have taken something away from winning Premier League titles, his insistence that City players don't get the credit they deserve, and his early impressions of Erling Haaland. Maybe more significant, though, were his answers about how Guardiola keeps City's intensity so high every year.

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"He doesn't allow you to have a day off. That's the standard that we have at Man City, and that's why the level has been so high over the past five season," he said.

"Having a manager that demands so much from you puts you on high alert knowing that if you don't give 100 per cent, you're not going to play. Everyone knows that if you want to play, you have to give your best and to show it on the pitch.

"Sometimes it's very tiring and stressful, I won't deny it. But [that's football] at the highest level. If you want to play for a big club like Man City and a club that fights for all the titles, you're going to have this.

"It's not just Man City - I believe that in Liverpool, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, you're going to have