Barcelona will look to sell €12 million-rated defender if good offers arrive

Barcelona are open to listening to offers for Eric Garcia this summer and will sell him if good proposals arrive, reports SPORT.

Garcia signed for Barcelona from Manchester City in the summer of 2021, arriving on a free transfer. While he saw a lot of prominence in the team in the early parts of his tenure, the Spaniard’s game-time has been on the decline for a while now.

Indeed, Garcia, whose market value is €12 million, had minimal importance under Xavi during the 2022/23 season, as he started just 15 La Liga games, during most of which he underperformed.

Barcelona’s plan heading into the new season is to resituate Jules Kounde to the centre-back position and sign a new right-back. That, coupled with the impending arrival of Inigo Martinez on a free transfer, would further impact Garcia’s minutes.

As such, Barça wish to get rid of him if a good offer were to arrive.

There had been plans to turn the 22-year-old into a pivot midfielder. Xavi also used him in the position in a few games towards the end of the season. However, the report adds that the coaching staff is not convinced by Eric’s displays as a No. 6.

Considering all these factors, the La Liga champions believe that it would be in the club’s best interests to sell Garcia, even though they are very happy with his professionalism.

Given that he joined for free, any fee generated from his sale would be written down as net profit.

Garcia, though, has no intentions of leaving in the summer. But his situation and a potentially attractive sporting project from elsewhere could change his mind. The defender has lost his place in the Spanish national team and regaining his spot with La Roja could act as another motivating factor for him to leave Barcelona.

Player valuation in title obtained from transfermarkt.com on date of publication.