Eric Garcia will move from Barcelona to Girona on loan during this season. ‘Diario Sport’ reported on Friday that Barcelona has agreed to release 22-year-old defender Garcia to Girona on loan for the rest of this season. Without any option to sign permanently.
Eric Garcia becomes the fifth choice at centre-back after Ronald Araujo, Jules Gunde, Andreas Christensen and Inigo Martinez. Before the 22-year-old defender asked to leave the club this week. After receiving the attention of Girona UFABET
According to reports, Xavi Hernandez initially didn’t want to let the players move. But when the pair had a heart-to-heart. The 43-year-old trainer agreed to let the 22-year-old defender join Girona on loan for the rest of the season. This will give the players more game time before returning to the club next summer.
Girona are keen to sign Eric Garcia as a replacement for Uruguayan center Santiago Bueno, who has moved to Serie A. Wolverhampton. But Barcelona are unwilling to let the 22-year-old defender move to the club on loan. But in the end, the Azulgrana team had to give in to the players’ demands for more playing time.
‘Erik headed straight until the final stretch. Making a deal was complicated because Barca didn’t want him to leave. But he wanted to come. And that shows the type of player he is. He wants to be important and feel like a footballer. Because he is in a period of growth.’