Fabrizio Romano Transfer News: Camavinga for sale, Silva to Barcelona, Vinicius Jr decision

Tom Weber

• Updated: 6 Apr 2026 15:08 BST
• 5 min read

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Fabrizio Romano has provided some massive updates on the biggest transfer stories from around Europe, including the latest on Eduardo Camavinga, Bernardo Silva and Vinicius Jr.

Silva to leave Man City

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Romano revealed what he is hearing on departing Man City captain Bernardo Silva.

"This week, Man City confirmed that Bernardo Silva has informed the club about his decision to go, his decision to try something different. So the love story, and it's been a real love story between Silva and Man City, it's over. Bernardo will live as a free agent.

"He has many possibilities in MLS, in Europe with European top clubs and also in Saudi. So it's going to be on Bernardo, his family, his agent to decide what he wants to do next. But for sure, there is movement around Silva.

"My understanding is that the desire of Bernardo would be to find his new club before the World Cup and not after the World Cup. This is the idea of Silva. Let's see if it's gonna be possible.

"Many questions about Barcelona and Silva. Barcelona, a few years ago, wanted Silva. For sure, he was a top target, but it was not possible to make it happen. There were Barcelona and PSG in the past.

"Now, for Bernardo, the idea of living in Spain would be really attractive, from what I understand. So, probably Bernardo would be open to this kind of situation, but this depends on Barcelona and Barcelona's priorities."

Vini Jr to extend at Real Madrid

Next up, Romano addressed Vinicius Jr's comments about signing a new contract at Real Madrid.

"Vinicius Jr in a press conference ahead of Man City game says, 'I will sign a new contract at Real Madrid at the right time,' but confirming a story I've always been telling you.

"'I have,' said Vinicius, 'an excellent relationship with Florentino Perez,' so Vinicius clearly says that the confidence of the president is there, and he said that in a press conference. So there is fantastic feedback.

"Perez, even when Vinicius was in a difficult situation, even when from Saudi they were calling people close to Vinicius, even when Xabi Alonso was not playing Vinicius on a regular basis, and Vinicius was not happy, clearly, even in that moment, Florentino was always there.

"This connection, Florentino-Vinicius, is too strong. The negotiations are continuing, but I always told you the contract remains on the table for Vinicius Jr to sign, and Perez is the key factor here."

Camavinga could be sold

Romano also spoke about the situation of Eduardo Camavinga at Real Madrid.

"What's the situation of Eduardo Camavinga? First of all, I think we should remind ourselves that Camavinga is a very important player. Maybe he had some moments, some difficult moments also against Mallorca the other day, not in his best form, but he remains a really, really important player.

"So we are not talking about a player, according to what I know, that is completely out of the Real Madrid project. Real Madrid don't consider Camavinga out of the project or a player to sell at all costs.

"But in case of a good proposal, Real Madrid could consider the situation of Camavinga in the summer. That's the case. That's the situation. Then, if this big proposal, attractive for the player and attractive for Real Madrid, doesn't come, Real Madrid are not desperate.

"Camavinga is not going to be out of the squad or out of the project. Camavinga remains an important part of Real Madrid's squad. Many questions about PSG and Camavinga. I'm not aware of concrete contacts between PSG and Camavinga so far.

"Obviously, he's a French player, and so for PSG to go for French talents, French players, is always attractive. But in this moment, nothing more than this. From the Premier League, some clubs are attentive to the situation of Camavinga.

"From the Premier League, some clubs started calling to understand the situation of Camavinga already at the end of February, not just now."

Barca want Cancelo to stay

Lastly, Romano reiterated that Barcelona want to keep Joao Cancelo and revealed what it could mean for Alejandro Balde.

"Cancelo is doing fantastic for Barcelona. Against Atletico, he was great in the LaLiga game. Barcelona are in direct, regular contact with Jorge Mendes, the agent of Jo Cancelo, because Cancelo wants to stay at Barcelona.

"He's a Barca fan, he absolutely wants to stay. What I can tell you is that Barcelona want to keep Cancelo. This has been the clear message coming from the club to the agent of the player. Barcelona want to continue with Cancelo.

"Barcelona want Cancelo to stay, and they want to find a solution with Al-Hilal because, remember, Cancelo is on loan at Barcelona, so now they need to negotiate, they need to find the best solution possible. Barca don't want to overspend because they already have to invest in their priorities.

"Then, if you ask me what it means for Alejandro Balde - it's the same situation as Camavinga. There are many stories on Barcelona at the moment, on players leaving. But Barcelona, for example, in the case of Balde, are not actively working to sell Balde.

"Barcelona didn't tell the agent of Balde, 'sell him, find a solution, find a bid, bring the player away.' This did not happen because Baldeis still very young, has room for development, is considered a great, great player.

"Barcelona are not desperate to sell Balde. If they get an important proposal for Balde in the summer, eventually from the Premier League or other clubs, let's see what's going to happen there, because financially, for Barcelona to make some money, it could be important because obviously it's going to be a busy summer.

"Defender, maybe the striker and all the rest, they want to do. But at the moment, Barcelona are not going with the agent of Balde to meet clubs and say, 'Please sign him.'

"This is something that can happen sometimes in football at top clubs with players when they are out of the project. It happened at Barcelona, at Real Madrid, at all the clubs in the world. But this is not the case with Balde and with Camavinga. It's a different situation."