Gavi and Pedri are ready to say goodbye to their teammate, who has already announced his departure from Barcelona as soon as possible. The player will leave the team and move to another club during the current winter transfer market, after being tired of the limited opportunities he has had under Hansi Flick, especially in recent weeks. He now knows that he is completely out of the coach’s plans and that he is not part of the team’s future.
According to information from the Spanish newspaper “El Nacional,” the future of Eric Garcia is no longer in doubt, as his career with Barcelona seems to be over. With Pau Coparci, Inigo Martinez, and Ronald Araujo, it is difficult for him to find a place in the center of defense, and to these is added Andreas Christensen, who is close to returning after recovering from injury. And if that were not enough, the team is planning to sign Jonathan Tah next summer on a free transfer, after his contract with Bayer Leverkusen expires.
In midfield, Eric Garcia faces strong competition from players such as Marc Casado and Frenkie de Jong, and Hansi Flick has already made it clear that he does not intend to give the player more opportunities. Whenever he has played, he has not made a good impression, especially after his poor performance in the defeat to Leganes, where his participation was influential in the goal that the team conceded.
Eric has not met Barcelona’s expectations, and the decision to sell him has become necessary in order to generate any small financial income. Flick chose to keep him last summer only due to the injury crisis in defense and midfield, but the situation has changed now, and the player is out of the coach’s plans. The doors are now open for him to leave.
Under these circumstances, Joan Laporta and Deco have added Eric Garcia to the transfer list, and there are intense talks about selling him permanently for around 10 million euros.
Eric has already begun to say goodbye to his teammates, and a new stage in his career will soon begin, as he could move to Girona, where he will have a starting role in the squad, after coach Michel Sanchez promised him that. Garcia arrived at Barcelona to succeed Gerard Pique, but his career with the club was not successful, whether under Ronald Koeman or Xavi Hernandez, and now, even with Flick, he has no place in the squad.