Raheem Sterling's comments show Man City might have a problem in Bernardo Silva talks

Raheem Sterling's comments on Thursday should have been treated as a clear warning by Pep Guardiola.

Sterling managed to win nearly everything during his time in Manchester, with the Champions League being the only thing that was to elude him. From the outside looking in, it was a little hard to understand why he would make the move to Chelsea this summer.

At City there is stability, with Guardiola having built a side that is capable of challenging for the Premier League each season without fail. Chelsea, meanwhile, are also stable but in all the wrong ways.

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Having secured third place at a canter, the Blues seem to be in a no-man's-land at present, struggling to bridge the gap to Liverpool and City but comfortable in the top four. These problems are nowhere near as bad as some other clubs', but still it is hard to argue that Stamford Bridge is a more tempting proposition than the Etihad for a player, except in one specific way for Sterling — game time.

The England star confirmed this in a press conference yesterday, telling the assembled journalists: "Since I was 17, I've been a regular starter, and to get to the peak time in my career, not to be playing regularly was something I wouldn't accept. My personality is to try to fight and change the scenario, but it didn't come, and that was it."

It was a fairly damning end to what has been a successful relationship between City and the England international. But Guardiola's concern now might be the butterfly effect of Sterling's comments, particularly in regard to Bernardo Silva.

Bernardo played just four games more than Sterling across the Premier and Champions Leagues last season. The Portuguese star also started