<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Barcelona could move for Bernardo Silva later in this transfer window after securing another €100m in extra revenue, the Daily Mail reports.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"> Barca must register the players they have already signed – including Robert Lewandowski and Jules Kounde – but so long as they are able to do that, then the club could move for Manchester City’s Silva later this month. Frenkie de Jong would have to leave first to make any approach possible, although City are also unwilling to sell.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Paper Round’s view: De Jong doesn’t want to leave. City don’t want to lose Silva. This feels like a tricky move to push through, and so Barca should focus on getting their new players registered and taking it from there. As it stands, it’s still a bit of a mess.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Chelsea lead Cucurella race</b></div><div><br></div><div>Chelsea are close to beating Manchester City to the signing of Marc Cucurella, the Daily Mail reports. The left-back handed in a transfer request at Brighton last week, seemingly with a move to City in the pipeline, but now Chelsea are willing to meet the club’s £50m valuation, while young centre-back Levi Colwill is likely to move in the other direction should a deal be agreed. The move would free up Marcos Alonso to join Barcelona, while Thomas Tuchel sees Cucurella as a wing-back or left-sided centre-back.</div><div><br></div><div>Paper Round’s view: One thing is for sure, even if Chelsea appear to be ahead of City in the race to sign Cucurella, they will not believe it is a done deal until he signs on the dotted line. Inevitably, the jokes about Barcelona showing interest in Cucurella surfaced after this latest report, but it appears Chelsea are for once not in competition with the Catalan club. -Eurosprt</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div><div><br></div>