rumors about Xavi being very interested in Bernardo Silva have been heard for a long time, it's just that in the last transfer market, de Jong forced himself to stay at Barcelona so that Bernado Silva's purchase failed
bernardo silva is a good player, but if we look at the squad that barcelona has, it's more than enough, if there are more good players in barcelona then we will see some who are on the bench
De jong has forced himself before club decided to keep him for long term.
De Jong "is a Barca player and unless we have a need or interest in selling him, we don't want to sell him," Laporta said as the club unveiled new signing Franck Kessie. "We know he has offers. If at some moment we were interested, we would consider it, but right now, we're not selling the player," Laporta insisted.
https://www.besoccer.com/new/frenkie-de-jong-not-for-sale-says-barca-president-1158897Laporta changes its mind after think about the possibility to buy a new player from another club was not possible with the current financial condition by barcelona. It's clear that if barcelona will not able to buy the new player in the upcoming season. Barcelona needs to win la liga.
The income from UCL could be used to buy the new player but barcelona gone out from UCL after barcelona didn't qualified.