Eric Garcia joins Barcelona

[M18CTID]

And breath!

All the best Garcia. I did not like how you engineered the move to cule town but you slightly redeemed yourself by that rag quote.

City feeder club to Barcelona continues.

What was the quote?

 

[dadnlad]

I've still no idea why the club refused to sell him last summer. There was more than a development fee on offer and we've had to pay his wages for another year.

Plus he's shite.

Baffling.

maybe Barca have zero money and the deal was loaded in their favour ?
might still get compensation because of age and club trained

 

[Akira]

Wish him well and best of luck to him.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

maybe Barca have zero money and the deal was loaded in their favour ?
might still get compensation because of age and club trained

We will get a development fee but it will be peanuts. Even if we could have got an initial 5mil last summer it would have dwarfed the development fee.

It's OK playing hardball if you win. Not so much if you fuck it up.

 

[Bozzie]

Is there any actual purpose to these bizarre buy out clauses Barcelona appear to be intent on inserting into everyone's contracts or are they just a "look how much we think of you" vanity exercise? Nobody's going to buy Sergio in the next two years and, quite possibly, nobody's going to buy Garcia .... ever.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Good luck to the lad but glad he has gone. Was never going to make it with us, even with Pep as his manager/cheerleader. He actually got worse the more he played, which for a youngster breaking through, is never a good sign.

 

[trevorriley]

good
what a messy transfer it has been

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

I've still no idea why the club refused to sell him last summer. There was more than a development fee on offer and we've had to pay his wages for another year.

Plus he's shite.

Baffling.

It was a strategic decision, to send a message to other clubs and our youth players that similar moves won't be just be rubber stamped on the buyers terms. Business will be done when they meet our terms like the Sancho Dortmund deal.

Might turn out to be a smart move in the long term.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

It was a strategic decision, to send a message to other clubs and our youth players that similar moves won't be just be rubber stamped on the buyers terms. Business will be done when they meet our terms like the Sancho Dortmund deal.

Might turn out to be a smart move in the long term.

Hmmm.

That seems like very wishful thinking.

 

[wolviedinho]

What was the quote?

Eric Garcia on comparisons with Pique: “The only possible comparison is that we are both from La Masia and lived in Manchester, but he was in a team [United] that wasn’t so good. I was lucky to be able to play for the best team in Manchester. Pity for him...” @ReshadRahman_