Soon-to-be Barcelona new signing set to earn ten times his current wages after move

Barcelona are all set to trigger Joan Garcia’s release clause and incorporate him as the first summer signing for the club. After all, Hansi Flick has had his priority of signing a new goalkeeper clear.

The player, needless to say, is making a bold move by signing for the arch-rivals of his current employers – Espanyol, that too by having his release clause triggered.

While the move may appear to be a betrayal at first, he will take his career to new heights at Barcelona where he can be the No. 1 keeper for one of the best teams in the world, challenge for titles and earn significantly more.

Set for a massive wage hike

As relayed by SPORT in a recent update, Garcia was shockingly one of Espanyol’s lowest-paid players this season. His salary of €300,000 per year was the least of any player at the club.

Considering that he was their single most important player and perhaps the sole reason why they were not relegated, it is shocking that he was on such low wages.

From Espanyol’s point of view, however, they never really anticipated him to rise so fast up the ladder and his growth has been astronomical in a matter of months.

Now set to join Barcelona, the shot-stopper will earn close to ten times the wages he was on at Espanyol and will thus have a salary of close to €3 million per season. Moreover, he will be in the upper middle part of the team’s pay-scale range.

Needless to say, that sum excludes the variables he can earn through performances. Considering that he will arrive as the starting goalkeeper, he will have minutes to prove his worth and take home a larger paycheck.