9 hours agoBarcelona's presidential candidates don't want Eric Garcia's transfer
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The issue could be considered closed, Eric Garcia will not join Barcelona in January. It was Barcelona's main goal for the winter met, but the lack of consensus among candidates for president has caused the operation to fail. The leaders of “blagrana” had agreements with the player and was advancing in talks with Manchester City, but, [...]
The leaders of “blagrana” had agreements with the player and was advancing in talks with Manchester City, but, surprisingly, the three candidates for the Barca presidency blocked the signing. Joan Laporta, on this subject, said: “We cannot give the Steering Board the right to make decisions of this nature. We have concluded that if there is a player concluding his contract, we should wait. Now we had to pay for the transfer, plus football salary”.
Despite Mingueza's acceptable performance, the Pique damage, Umtti's chronic physical problems, and Langlet's poor shape forced Barça to seek a central protector.
Ramon Planes, the club's technical secretary, has had a closed agreement since October with the player's manager (Eric Garcia), and the club was trying to reach consensus with Manchester City, so that the 21-year-old Spanish man could arrive within January in Catalun.
It is now expected to be seen what the player's reaction to Barca's apparent disregard will be.
