Eric Garcia has dropped a bombshell on Pep Guardiola and Manchester City in stating that he doesn’t want to renew his contract at the club. With the likely destination being Barcelona, we discuss where this leaves City and the possible reasons why Garcia may have made the decision.
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What a jerk!! Why did he came to City from Barcelona if he wants to play for Barcelona?? Came to City to improve under Guardiola and return back. Totally unacceptable. 😡😡😡
Not tall enough, Not Strong enough, Not fast enough. It'd be really good if we get around 20 mil for him.
Anyway he'd be a forgotten man at barca just like Diaz at Madrid. We need players who'd die for us on the pitch.
Soyunco heading to Barca.. hopefully, this helps Garcia make his decision to stay..
as long as they pay us, i got no issues
i say bring in koulibally and keep john stones give him some more time to prove himself
If he wants out let him go. He is going to a team where there is chaos at the moment with no clear transfer policy and players come n go. He should be lucky if he doesn't get frizzled out if they sign another player. Look what happened to brahim diaz
Lets look at CB options compared to the best PL CBs:
19/20 season K. Koulibaly M. Skriniar D.Carlos P.Torres R. Diaz J. Gimenez C.soyuncu A Laporte VVD
Appearance 24 30 35 33 33 19 34 14 38
Mins 2108 2628 3135 2971 2970 1753 3037 1104 3420
Tackles 2 ✅ 1.2 1❗️ 1❗️ 1.3 1❗️ 1.8 0.9 0.6♦️
Interceptions 1.2 0.9 1.1 0.8❗️ 0.9 1.1 1.3✅ 1.3🔹 1.1
Clearance 2.4❗️ 2.6 5 ✅ 4.4 3.1 3.4 4.4 1.7 4.3
Blocks 0.6 0.3❗️ 0.7✅ 0.7✅ 0.5 0.3❗️ 0.6 0.3♦️ 0.4
Aerial won 2 1.2 2.8 1.4❗️ 2.6 2.6 3.2✅ 1.7 5🔹
Dribbled past 0.4 0.6❗️ 0.3 0.2✅ 0.3 0.2✅ 0.6❗️ 0.3 0.2🔹
Fouls 1.4 1.6❗️ 1.3 0.9 1.1 0.7✅ 0.9 0.7🔹 1
Bad control 0.4 0.3 0.2✅ 0.4 0.3 0.2✅ 0.5❗️ 0.1🔹 0.1🔹
Succ Pass % 91.4 92.1✅ 84.2❗️ 85.4 88.6 85.7 89.6 92.5🔹 89.1
Long Balls 4.6 3.7 4.8 6.3✅ 5.6 3.6 3.3❗️ 3.9 5.4
OA RATING 6.72 6.61❗️ 6.90 6.67 7.07✅ 6.82 7.04 7.0 7.32🔹
Transfer value ⍷56m ⍷48m ⍷50m ⍷30m ⍷30.5m ⍷56m ⍷40m ⍷60m ⍷80m
WHO DO YOU WANT GUYS?
he is crap. let him GO
For his age he is an incredible CB, I'd give him that. At Barcelona he would be 4th or 5th choice after Lenglet, Araujo, Todibo and would probably be loaned out. At City however, he would defo start over Stones and Otamendi and would be 2nd choice for right centre back and it would make sense for him to stay for a bit longer. Nevertheless, we have Tosin and Harwood as backup.
What do you think of Jaydon Braaf do you think City should play him next season.
Yeah Garcia is still young and strong he got a bright future in my opinion he is worth 25 millions plus add on now coming to his replacement how about we bring back Tosin Adarabioyo?
Gutted really, a big fan of Eric Garcia. Huge blow. But I guess it only opens the door for Adarabioyo and Harwood-Bellis to break into the first team…
i prefer big physical defenders who are more aggressive, not too bothered as we have ake now
Tosin should be able to fill his boots anyway, hes the one that needs a chance next season
oh well , all the best to Garcia but now
Its Tosin Time
Atleast 25m anything less we are robbed we were already robbed for sane deal
Quick maths 🤣 Yeah it sucks but it does make sense. Can't fault him just a shame as he has potential and seems focused and switched on.
Sub indo pls…
If he doesn’t want to be there no use trying to keep him. Players play best when they want to be there although there are exceptions Carlos Tevez hated it at City and would go out full of anger and blast in goals from 30 yards. He will not stay.
Still wish we could see Maffeo – Tosin – Bellis – Angelino in the back 4 some day
You guys are forgetting about Tosin. He's improved dramatically.
We need to have: Koulibaly, Laporte, Ake, and Tosin.
Sell stones and otamendi
Tosin is a direct replacement for stones, since he's English as well
Laliga has no defending to do? Literally the most defensive team in the world plays in laliga. You don't get the space to run into in laliga like you do in the prem. laliga defends tactically, every space is closed down
As a Barça supporter I pose this question to you City fans. Who would not want to play for FC Barcelona? Most players who take that opportunity. As I don't know if you all know Eric Garcia's background, he grow up playing in La Masia and Pique cannot play at the top level forever. Just wish the lad well in his future. But I understand how you all feel because we have seem young talent come into our first team at Barça and we were excited for the future with that player then the club sell them to another club.
What? 20 mil..Lol Barca won't pay 20 mil, they'll buy Soyuncu and bring Eric Garcia free in 2021
He’s deffo around 40mill
Eric garcia is a great player. He left barca because the current board is something you don't want to deal with and trusted puyol. Now barca needs him more than ever and the clown barca board's term is over next year. As far as I'm concerned you can't ask a player to stay where he doesn't want to stay and expect performance. He should be worth 15 to 20 million.
50 m