Eric Garcia to Barcelona

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Pep was the one who answered the question. If he cared he wouldn't have said anything.

He was being asked to respond to the news breaking in Barcelona.

If Garcia wasn't playing tomorrow, Pep has probably done the right thing, making sure it doesn't impact our preparations for the QF;)

 

[Gingers Dad]

Imagine how United must feel, having watched Pique all these years now?

Pique was a really top talent at the same age.

Personally thought he was like Garcia when he was at Utd. Made the right choice to go back to Spain

 

[Paul79mcfc118]

Looks like a deal is close in any event.

Probably why pep announced it in press conference

 

[Mayor West]

And why would Barcelona ever agree to that?

Ffs you're dull. Do you ever joke?

 

[Neville Kneville]

A sell on would be pointless.

You add sell ons when you sell to Leicester or Dortmund, stepping stones where a player could get a massive transfer from.

There's not much point adding them to Barca because they don't sell anyone (especially not academy kids) if they're worth enough for the sell-on to be worthwhile.

I'm sure there will be add-ons, I expect it will be appearances and trophy based.

Yeah, tbh we would end up owing them.

 

[SamBlue]

23€ mil for a player who is on £10 K a week...I hope Man City does not move into a meat business, I would need to go vegan.

 

[Marvin]

I think if prospective academy players look at City, there'll see you have a pathway to the first team of Manchester City, or Real Madrid, Barcelona, or Dortmund.

I don't mind Garcia going to Barcelona if it helps us to buy Koulibaly, and it buys time for Harwood-Bellis progression.

 

[Gingers Dad]

He's just sticking with City tradition.

We usually have one. Paul Futcher, Steve Redmond, Darren Wassel, Tal Ben Haim, Nastasic, Garcia. Just a few examples.

If we haven't got one, we usually sign one.

That's the second time today some 2hat has reminded of Darren fckin Wassell. But I suppose the similarities between him and Garcia are unavoidable

 

[cjn]

A sell on would be pointless.

You add sell ons when you sell to Leicester or Dortmund, stepping stones where a player could get a massive transfer from.

There's not much point adding them to Barca because they don't sell anyone (especially not academy kids) if they're worth enough for the sell-on to be worthwhile.

I'm sure there will be add-ons, I expect it will be appearances and trophy based.

It depends on how much it costs in terms of the up front fee, but given their penchant for getting good money for players not quite good enough in recent years (Malcolm, Cillessen, Gomes, Mina come to mind), I'll take some of that. Honestly, it probably doesn't matter a ton either way, I'd certainly take appearance based add-ons also.

 

[argyle]

So if Garcia goes this summer Stones stays?