Eric Garcia agrees to join Barcelona in the summer

,

’s player who was a product of La Masia is going to return home. According to

, the young central defender who was keen to join his home club rejected to extend his contract with the Citizens and decided to join

in the next summer as a free agent.

Manchester City signed

and

during the summer transfer window yet they didn’t let Garcia leave the club.

Stones

, Dias, and Laporte are the main players at the heart of Pep Guardiola’s defense and Eric Garcia found it hard to get enough playing time this season.

The 20-year-old will have to fight

Samuel Umtiti

,

Clement Lenglet

, and

to get playing time under the management of Ronald Koeman. Garcia is very good at building up from the back and would be the ideal defender in the Dutch manager’s system. He will be a part of the rebuild process of Koeman and Barcelona fans will be very pleased to have him back.

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