La Liga manager confident Barcelona target will not leave in January: “I feel he’s staying”

Over the past week or so, speculations have been rife about Barcelona being interested in signing midfielder Aleix Garcia from Girona.

The Blaugrana are in the market for reinforcements in the middle of the park in the current transfer window and the Spaniard has been identified as the preferred option.

It has been rumoured that Garcia has a release clause worth €12 million in his contract with Girona, which could make him a viable target for Barça once they have some Financial Fair Play margin.

Garcia, for his part, has already revealed in the past that he would love to play for Barcelona if a chance presented itself, which might this month.

But, discussing the star midfielder’s future, Girona manager Michel stated that he does not think that Garcia will leave Girona in the winter transfer window.

“I feel that Aleix won’t leave us,” Michel said, as quoted by Fabrizio Romano.

“Honestly I’d hurt if Aleix left. I don’t say that because of Barça, but just because we’d lose a key player for us. But again, I feel he’s staying,” he added.

Girona have enjoyed a fine season as they are currently joint leaders in La Liga with Real Madrid. And Garcia has been key to their run this campaign.

So, naturally, the Catalan club will be reluctant to lose one of their most important players midway through the season, as was recently affirmed by the club president Delfi Geli.