Eric Garcia to Barcelona

[markstephenhickey]

Wow I actually wasn’t expecting him to not sign tbh even with the Barca interest. Fair enough.

 

[citytill1die84]

Bye

 

[The Pandorica Opened]

Yeah, saw this one coming. Just get a good price for him and that'll be fine enough. Question is, does this mean one last chance for Stones? Is it the opportunity Tosin has been waiting for? Or will the money just be invested into a complete CB revamp? We could go from Laporte/Stones/Ferna/Nico/Garcia to Laporte/Koulibaly/Ake/Ferna/Tosin, which would be a wonderful and much-needed upgrade, IMO.

 

[FCBarca]

Txiki has no doubt been speaking with the necessary people whilst hes been in Barca this week. Depending on CL results the deal will be done fairly quickly I imagine, no point us waiting around all summer. There is only one team that wants him.

There's only one team that he wants as well

 

[CWMCFC]

Another one bites the dust.

Oh well, I think he's going to be a big talent, but going back to Barca was always going to be a risk. I said months ago when the links first started appearing that people were somewhat deluded that they didn't think there couldn't be any truth to them.

If he's gone, which it sounds like he is, it will be interesting what this means for Stones - whether we keep him here as a 4th choice, or go with Fernandinho with Harwood-Bellis the academy player to start getting some opportunities.

Lets hope we can get a good fee for him - something similar to what we got for Brahim is probably realistic.

 

[waspish]

Shame I really thought he would stay with pep here FcBarc was right fair dos to him for calling it.

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

The money has to right though, no doubt they'll want him for fuck all.
The boy has been performing well in the first team in the Premier League and his price should reflect his ability and age and experience.
Hes worth 20 Million of anyones money.
Unless of course theres a player swop deal to be done to both clubs advantage?

 

[El Ingeniero de Noruega]

So sad to see him leaving. I really liked him and his attitude. Was a much better player then stones. Shame we cant offer a decent contract for him.

 

[cjn]

That's quite unfortunate but not unexpected. Think some of you might owe @FCBarca an apology though....seems like he was spot on the whole time.

 

[FCBarca]

I think this also puts to bed the validity of transfermarket as a Tier 1 source of truth

 

[vincent]

hes fucking sh*t.

slow small and not very tough outside of a pep team (which he hasn’t even proven anything yet) he’ll be below bang average.

Mane jogged past him 4/5 times like he was jogging past a traffic cone. Off ya pop son close the door on the way out.

Very harsh but I’m far from convinced. Seems lightweight and flat footed to me.

 

[asahartford1]

So either Barca stump up or it's back to the youth teams for Eric.

Don't think it works like that.

 

[SleepingBlueTiger]

Get some nice agreement with Barca for 15m + some reasonable add-ons and off he goes.
He needs to play in a certain system to mask his weaknesses, won't be surprised if he ends up same way as Brahim.

 

[Coatigan]

If we got 15million for Diaz with same time left on contract we should be looking for 20 for Eric

We got 25m for diaz, with less time on his contract.

 

[razman]

Pleased obviously. I want him back and I maintain it was always inevitable at some point even if he had extended. Catalan kids all have a homing beacon to return to where it started

On the positive side, he left his home club to play & learn under the club's biggest legend for 3 years and that will help him going forward ala Pique

Really need to see if its worth for city to invest in these Spanish kids.

Garcia, Suarez and Brahim, all eventually want to go back to Real / Barca even if they are not ready.

 

[FCBarca]

That's quite unfortunate but not unexpected. Think some of you might owe @FCBarca an apology though....seems like he was spot on the whole time.

Sources are key and one of my favorite & reliable local sources is Oriol Domenech, former player, very educated & independents/honest. He broke this potential news back when I posted about it months ago and truth is I had never even entertained the notion Eric was even contemplating a return this soon. What Oriol reported then though, I knew something was up and from there I just hoped it to be true and that the board wouldn't screw it up

Pep, Txiki & Eric - I never had any doubts that they would be professional and respectful

 

[Neville Kneville]

Thank FUCK for that.

Farewell Redmondo.

 

[Cobra]

Meh, more money towards the net spend trophy and hopefully more chances for Harwood-Bellis next season.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

All the best to him. Always respectful of the club and he's given his all since day one.

I just hope, for his sake, Barca fans aren't expecting much straight away.

 

[01cravend]

Don't think it works like that.

So how does it work? He becomes automatic first choice due to being Barca bound? So he's the best possible player he can be when he goes to Barca for about the 5mil training fee?