Barcelona defender Eric Garcia is coming to the end of his loan spell in Girona, a move that was unexpected until the final days of the transfer window. It looks as if he may well have played his last match for the Blaugrana though.
Girona are keen to hang onto Garcia next season, and will try to do so, although they are aware that he would cost between €15-20m, as per Relevo. That would make him their record signing, more than doubling the €7.75m they spent on Artem Dovbyk last season. For the Catalans, he would also be a flagship signing, someone expected to lead their defence in the coming years -the alternatives – Daley Blind (34), David Lopez (34) and Juanpe Ramirez (32) – are all ageing, and Antal Yaakobishvili (19) is still developing.
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