Eric Garcia to Barcelona

[Easy]

Great business by us. His value has sky rocketed after he was given a run of games.

£20m+bonuses should do.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Just like Bayern never had any part in the Sane leaks...

Certainly takes two to tango and while I am not naive enough to believe Puyol and Pena are innocent, the whole dynamic has changed in the last 48 hours.

Regardless of who instigated the first leak, City are rightly furious that this has come out on the eve of our biggest game this season.

And they don't hold Garcia or his reps responsible.

I'd argue they have a fair insight into how this has gone down.

Absolutely nothing to gain for Garcia's people to leak the original leak to the Spanish press when they could just go directly to Barcelona to conduct business quietly.

And it can't be about the money and leveraging City for a better deal if the motivation to leave is because he wants to return to Barca.

Barcelona must fucking hate us if they are shit stirring just before we play their (supposedly) biggest rivals

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I really rated Pique when he was in his prime but would he have made it in the Premier league? Garcia lacks the attributes that Pique had so I can't see how the lad could make it. I thought he looked like someone who had won a raffle to play for us. Either that or someone had lost a bet.
I wish him all the luck and hope his career turns out every bit as good as Pique's. Am I worried that his leaving will turn round and bite us? Not in the slightest.
£20 million, at least Dick Turpin wore a mask!

FC Barca says Pique is 9cm shorter than Garcia?

Pique never seemed to miss a header when at United.

Shows you what a top player he has been.

 

[Carlos- the- jackal]

FC Barca says Pique is 9cm shorter than Garcia?

Pique never seemed to miss a header when at United.

Shows you what a top player he has been.

Puyol not Pique, Pique is 6 foot 4 or so

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Barcelona must fucking hate us if they are shit stirring just before we play their (supposedly) biggest rivals

Haha, there is that!

It's a fair understatement to say our execs don't get on.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Puyol not Pique, Pique is 6 foot 4 or so

That makes more sense.

Thought Pique looked tall for 5ft8!

 

[Tugay One Cup]

FC Barca says Pique is 9cm shorter than Garcia?

Pique never seemed to miss a header when at United.

Shows you what a top player he has been.

I think he was saying Puyol was 9cm shorter than Garcia. That would make Garcia just under 6ft 2". Which, to put it bluntly, is bollocks.

 

[Easy]

So Barca think Garcia is their answer to take back the title from Real? Haha let’s laugh all the way to the bank.

 

[Gingers Dad]

FC Barca says Pique is 9cm shorter than Garcia?

Pique never seemed to miss a header when at United.

Shows you what a top player he has been.

Haha just bigging up their new signing

 

[bluetonium]

We're obviously not Valencia's "rival" but isn't this exactly how we signed Ferran Torres? Our manager called him up and spoke to him about his potential role in our team. Everyone does it, it's a competitive business.

By his own account Torres was ready to stay until the last minute if 2 of 3 conditions were met. How realistic that was for Valencia I don't know, maybe they feel similar, but of late there has been a lot of talk about our player moving by representatives of other clubs. I don't think we did that once with Torres, or any player for that fact. Bayern's behavior in their persuit of sane was shameless and leaves a bad taste.

Imagine you are right to some extent though, a very grey area with not being allowed to approach other club's players directly but going to agents who then speak to said players and influence as appropriate.