Eric Garcia to Barcelona

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Now I really want to see Tosin back and given a chance.

If we still buy another CB, then Tosin as 4th choice seems good to me.

I am of course assuming Stones and Otamendi are sold.
 
I like Garcia good footballer but has faults more easily exposed in the way we play a high line and the competiveness of the Epl. I has a nagging feeling he was being played to keep him away from Barcelona. I still think Stones alongside someone other than Otamendi can still do a job.

No doubt City has been planning for this and maybe Garcia didn't fancy the challenge of another player coming in for direct competition. He would have known that there is little respite playing that position for City and he won't get exposed as much in La Liga

Good luck to him, I am sure he will be replaced by someone better suited if that is where we are going. It does offer a lifeline to Stones, let's see if he can get his game and confidence back to what it was a few years ago

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FCBarca said:
It's pretty simple, if not sad, the sporting direction under this board is an abomination - particularly in terms of La Masia, it has been decimated over the past decade. Eric leaving was my 2nd most disappointing cantera loss, the first being Grimaldo

I can't envision the cost being more than 10M, nor should it be considering he was developed primarily at Barca
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Respectfully, that has fuck all to do with anything.
 
skyblues said:
Harwood Bellis and Tosin are big guys, that’s about it. Literally nothing suggests they have the same quality as Garcia.
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I think thats short sighted on THB. He looked fantastic pre season and exactly a Pep type defender. He played the ball out brilliantly and confidently. Obviously pre season but he has the tools.
 
argyle said:
Blue tinted specs in this thread.

If he announced he was staying, it would be he's got potential to be brilliant, star in the making, only gonna get better.

Now he's leaving it's, he's not currently good enough.
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To be fair, he's not currently good enough. That's why he would be fourth choice next season. I'd still much rather have him at the back than Stones or Otamendi but that's not saying anything.
 
Bit of a dick move. We gave him a career and now he’s leaving and Barca is broke, so we’ll probably get an awful fee. Anyways I’ve always thought Harwood-Bellis is the bigger talent. Tosin could also be worth a shout
 
Another player tapped up by one of the cartel franchises (refuse to call them clubs)

Let's get some players in now who actually want to be here.
 
Signing Koulibaly now would feel better.
Then our first three choices of centre backs would be sorted. That’s all that matters. Then the club can figure out who would be willing to compete as RCB.
 
Well I liked Garcia looked promising in what games he played and still young and learning,but he’s a Barca fan so no probs,obviously sad too see him go..
Time for Harwood-Bellis to step forward who I actually think is better physically for the rigours of the premier league ..
 
ManCitizens. said:
We get it, everybody loves Barca. That’s why Garcia left so he could return and demand a higher wage, because they’re so close to his heart.
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You can joke all you like but there's precedent and it is happening again almost verbatim to how I proposed

As I have said before, even Pep has talked extensively on this. Barca is different, particularly for Catalans who start there & dreamt of succeeding there. It's the pinnacle for them
 
what a fucking idiot! Barca are fucked and getting worse!! 800m euros in debt and borrowing the same during the pandemic? I get hes from there but fuck me from a sporting point of view he`s made a really bad call!
 
domalino said:
Or we just use Tosin or Harwood-Bellis to play the tiny amount of games Garcia would have gotten as 4th choice.
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So we'd be gambling on a new signing hitting the ground running and playing every game as they'd be the only senior right footed CB

We've been stung on this before (Mendy, Gundogan getting major injuries then leaving us short)

Gambled on it with Laporte this year and it cost us, don't see us doing it again.

Fernandinho's not the answer either
 
cjn said:
Lots of people very upset that a 19 year old from Barcelona is interested in playing for Barcelona. I thought he wasn't good enough anyway? If we get a good fee whats the big deal?
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Agree it is what it is. He may well have a better chance of first team football and a regular starter place with them than he does with us. That is quite a profound position to be in.

I think the discussions have run there course and that in part has influenced the decision to bring Ake in. I'm happy with that business - Ake is a better prospect in my view. He will become a better player and is quick (more an athletic type). Garcia is a good player but is not going to get any quicker or taller.
 
I have a feeling that Pep might not mind Garcia going. He might not have been convinced with what he saw in the dead rubber games towards the end of the season. Ake, Laporte and dare I say Koulibaly with Dinho as an emergency backup is more than enough.
 
Del_Bosque said:
So we'd be gambling on a new signing hitting the ground running and playing every game as they'd be the only senior right footed CB

We've been stung on this before (Mendy, Gundogan getting major injuries then leaving us short)

Gambled on it with Laporte this year and it cost us, don't see us doing it again.

Fernandinho's not the answer either
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As opposed to relying on a kid with 10 league games in his life mostly against cannon fodder?

About a month's worth of starting games is all that separates Garcia and THB/Tosin. Why are people reacting like we're losing an established first team player?
 
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