Eric Garcia to Barcelona

[samarasra]

As long as we keep taking La Masia youngsters for tiny fees, Barca will try and get them back (the ones they want) for tiny fees too.

I'm glad we've stood firm and they lose out on a season of him.

Let him train with the U23s now and make sure he doesn't play for the first team.

Although with his pace he may as well start thinking about setting off to Spain now. He might still make it for July.

What absolute rubbish "make sure he doesn't play for the first team", City didn't get to where we are by making decisions like pub league managers. If he is deemed good enough to play he should play. By your twisted logic Sergio should not play because he said he was leaving too, or Merlin should never have played last year, Fernandinho hasn't renewed for next season either so he's off the team too ??. We have 4 PL titles in 10 years because decisions as to who plays are made by professionals using all available and eligible players. You are glad Barcelona " lose out on a season of him.", how petty, why not trust that City will get the best value out of him via playing for us or on loan.

 

[Blue Hefner]

But not in the club's view which is why they held out.

And I disagree, hence the post

 

[Centurions]

Sorry

He might sign a pre-contract in January but he certainly won't be signing for free then, City should offer exactly the same deal if they want him in January. We'll just suck up his £2billion wages until next summer.

 

[Mr HJ]

Only time will tell if this was a wise move - I'm not sure I believe any figures that come from the mouth of those who run Barca. One thing I do know is that I trust our owners and that they will have made this decision using sound financial reasoning. For Garcia, he's in a tight spot as his heart was set on the move happening now but as a professional, I expect him to knuckle down and work hard - if he does that I'm sure he will be picked to play on the odd occasion we need him. When he does play I hope he does well and we win those matches.

 

[razman]

Do you know when Garcia notified City that he would not renew, did they tell him not to make it public, did they punish him for announcing it, you don't know so cannot assume he was being smug or just being honest about his situation. If Pep and the Senior Spanish team manager and Koemann think he is good he enough to play top level football that's good enough for me until I see otherwise. Many of the posters "not happy with Garcia" don't agree with this, many are outright knocking him because they are full of petty little conspiracies that he is only on the team because he is Spanish or connected to Barcelona, not a home grown lad or simply because they think they know more than these top managers. Also the "many" seem to be a few posters repeating the same stuff over and over again.

That's why I drew a parallel with Sane. Did he tell Kicker/ Bild that he isn't renewing with City? He kept quiet about it and that played a part in us getting a good fee. Barca are emboldened by his stance and presented a pathetic offer.

No one is doubting his talent are they? Pep playing him ahead of Stones and Otamendi towards the end is a testament to that.

Fact of the matter is, he is 5th choice. For whatever reason we didn't get rid of him.

MEN had an article stating that they had set a minimum valuation which Barca failed to meet and with COVID atill around, you never know when we may need to utilize the squad dept. Maybe he will play the cups and we utilize Ake at LB more.

I would rather THB play cup games than Garcia.

 

[doobyedoobye]

Has Garcia publicly said he wants out?

 

[PragueBlue]

He signed a contract and therefore it is up to Barcelona to meet our valuation of him if they want him. I'm sure we were willing to negotiate but we would have a minimum value on him that we would be prepared to sell at, just like we would with any player. Obviously Barcelona failed to meet that minimum valuation. Hence, he stays. Happens all the time with transfers.

Personally, I would have preferred to sell, just so I could be confident that Guardiola wouldn't pick him again.

 

[PragueBlue]

Has Garcia publicly said he wants out?

I seem to remember him saying he was looking forward to returning and seeing out his contract (or something similar). So he's probably delighted that he will now get that chance.

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

 

[Phil1]

Didn’t he say he was happy to see his contract through?