Eric Garcia to Barcelona

[bobmcfc]

I’d keep him all year just To spite them both. It’s on principle now so fuck them, end of year and he can be rusting up in the reserves

 

[jamesha]

This is a difficult situation. I do not think many blues want him to stay knowing that he would rather be elsewhere and will be leaving at the end of the season. Any mistakes he makes will be jumped upon and his game could suffer massively.
Barcelona just need to offer a sensible fee, he can leave and everyone can move on. Maybe we should be offering him to other Spanish clubs and make it clear to him that if a decent offer comes in he either leaves or goes back to the EDS for the year - if that happened then Barce may not offer him the contract that they would now as he would no longer be a first team player.

 

[shevtheblue]

Why do Barca think Garcia is worth less than Torres, when they are in pretty much the same situation? Around the same age bracket, both just made international debuts, in last year of their contracts except one plays for a tier 1 team and the other for a team that's been struggling. Oh i forgot, it's Barca.

 

[domalino]

I’d keep him all year just To spite them both. It’s on principle now so fuck them, end of year and he can be rusting up in the reserves

It would look incredibly weak if we come to the table and negotiate for Garcia when they refused to do the same with Messi.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Id obviously make them sweat and push for a better deal than that but I’d take the money. We’re losing him for free in 12 months time, if he was a valuable member of the squad it would be worth losing him in 2 months but he’s not, he’s a kid that was elevated to a position way above his current ability on the idea he stays long term and improves significantly, judging him on his current ability alone, I’d sooner have any of Stones, Otamendi and Fernandinho. Let him go now add the fee to the Koulibaly deal and get that pushed over the line.

 

[bumbleblue]

I might be tempted to say.. the only way this works is if we give you 65 million Euros and Senor Garcia for the purchase of Senor Messi. Gracias .

 

[Tb1981]

Let’s be honest if he were that good we wouldn’t be getting koulibaly AND ake
He ain’t gonna play and he doesn’t want to be here
Just get as much as we can for him
And put it towards getting someone we need
Would make it as Difficult as possible for Barca though

 

[Neville Kneville]

This is a difficult situation. I do not think many blues want him to stay knowing that he would rather be elsewhere and will be leaving at the end of the season. Any mistakes he makes will be jumped upon and his game could suffer massively.
Barcelona just need to offer a sensible fee, he can leave and everyone can move on. Maybe we should be offering him to other Spanish clubs and make it clear to him that if a decent offer comes in he either leaves or goes back to the EDS for the year - if that happened then Barce may not offer him the contract that they would now as he would no longer be a first team player.

I agree.

If he stays, I'll need someone to tell me the difference, when his game is suffering due to this, so I don't accidentally jump on him thinking he's just useless at defending.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Why do Barca think Garcia is worth less than Torres, when they are in pretty much the same situation? Around the same age bracket, both just made international debuts, in last year of their contracts except one plays for a tier 1 team and the other for a team that's been struggling. Oh i forgot, it's Barca.

This is the most arrogant club on the continent we are talking about.

 

[Easy]

Id obviously make them sweat and push for a better deal than that but I’d take the money. We’re losing him for free in 12 months time, if he was a valuable member of the squad it would be worth losing him in 2 months but he’s not, he’s a kid that was elevated to a position way above his current ability on the idea he stays long term and improves significantly, judging him on his current ability alone, I’d sooner have any of Stones, Otamendi and Fernandinho. Let him go now add the fee to the Koulibaly deal and get that pushed over the line.

Agreed. Even if the offer is as low as €15m, is he worth €15m to our squad this season? absolutely not and Garcia would spend the majority of the season on the bench. We can hold a strong position for a couple of weeks and then let him go.

Unfortunately, there is no interest from any other club that could drive the price up so we might have to settle for Barca’s best offer.