Eric Garcia to Barcelona

[Neville Kneville]

Rubbish. A player wanting to leave doesn't mean he isn't committed to performing as well as he can for his current club, especially against his boyhood clubs arch rivals. Honestly some people on here are crackers, over emotional and must have zero personal pride or professionalism in their own life to think everybody behaves in such a way. It really is quite pathetic from grown adults.

So he'll play then ?

 

[@BluePhil8]

Rubbish. A player wanting to leave doesn't mean he isn't committed to performing as well as he can for his current club, especially against his boyhood clubs arch rivals. Honestly some people on here are crackers, over emotional and must have zero personal pride or professionalism in their own life to think everybody behaves in such a way. It really is quite pathetic from grown adults.

Agree, as long as his attitude is unaffected he should still get game time. Sane got minutes when we knew he was leaving. As long as they remain pros it doesn’t matter.

 

[mosssideblue]

We have an opportunity with 2 or 3 lads to give them some games this season, but not wanting to sound negative I simply don't think it's part of Pep's plan. His job is to win every game so bringing through local talent is not really part of his mission I suspect

So how did Phil get through the net?

 

[Gabriel]

I am not dropping it "Now", I've literally been saying for months that I am not impressed by him. Stones is not better, but I haven't seen anything from Garcia to suggest he's a good center back. Physically weak, often out of position, not too impressive in position. Just ineffective. Sorry if that annoys people, but whenever he played for us this season he seemed miles off.

Which is where his mind seems to have been all along.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Agree, as long as his attitude is unaffected he should still get game time. Sane got minutes when we knew he was leaving. As long as they remain pros it doesn’t matter.

He didn't get many.

 

[mosssideblue]

Shit timing,he could have waited till after we had played tomorrow,bad form that

I suspect the club have known for longer

 

[bhayes]

This is interesting. Pol Ballus is basically saying here that he won't move this summer unless Barca pay up. We're thinking about him as equivalent to Ferran Torres, so 23m + add ons.

Then he will just leave on a free? we will sell this summer like we did with sane it doesnt make sense to let him go on a free, barca dont need him right now

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

If he doesn’t feel like he can hold a place down let him go,all the best.

 

[ctid1894]

So he'll play then ?

Whoever is performing best in training, plays. If it's Garcia, Stones, Otamendi, Fernandinho or Harwood-Bellis, who cares.

 

[Gabriel]

Rubbish. A player wanting to leave doesn't mean he isn't committed to performing as well as he can for his current club, especially against his boyhood clubs arch rivals. Honestly some people on here are crackers, over emotional and must have zero personal pride or professionalism in their own life to think everybody behaves in such a way. It really is quite pathetic from grown adults.

If he has intimated his desire not to remain, then the club will seek to profit from that this summer. In that case, I don’t see the point in playing our least experienced defender (no Champions League experience at all) in a game that could see him pick up a long-term injury and leave for free next year. That’s not emotional in the slightest.