Over a month after sustaining an damage and shifting to the sidelines by pubalgia, Eric Garcia is near a return to the group and is working arduous to make sure his swift incorporation.
The La Masia graduate is, in any case, within the closing stretch of his restoration and hopes to utilise the two-week hiatus from membership soccer to return to 100%. His objective is to enter the workforce’s dynamics for the conflict in opposition to Celta Vigo instantly after the break.
A double goal
Whereas a return to health and Hansi Flick’s plans is certainly Garcia’s main goal, SPORT brings to mild that he has an added impetus pushing him forward of his incorporation into the group.
Naturally a centre-back by commerce, the teen has performed in central defence virtually for his whole profession thus far. It was solely underneath Xavi Hernandez that he shifted to the function of a pivot, and Flick continued the identical given the workforce’s state of affairs.
Eric Garcia closing in on a comeback. (Picture by Linnea Rheborg/Getty Photos)
With Frenkie de Jong and Gavi again within the dynamics, nonetheless, the defensive midfield is nicely coated and Garcia’s function will thus shift to that of a centre-back as soon as extra.
For sure, the teen is worked up by the prospect of taking part in in his pure place as soon as extra as a backup to Pau Cubarsi and Inigo Martinez who’ve been in tremendous kind this season.
Ronald Araujo and Andreas Christensen are nonetheless a couple of month away from returning, and it provides Garcia a strong probability to show his value and rack up minutes by rotation.
The 23-year-old confirmed within the Olympic Video games that he has a superb reference to Cubarsi and can look to dish out extra such performances within the weeks to return. His return is undoubtedly a large increase for the German supervisor.