Barcelona defender had confessed to the locker room about wanting January exit earlier than plans modified

Eric Garcia has been on the centre of switch speculations surrounding FC Barcelona in current weeks, what with the membership needing to dump one or two gamers to make room for key goal Marcus Rashford.

For fairly a while, it was believed that Garcia may very well be the one to depart, together with Ansu Fati. The versatile defender was additionally courting curiosity from Girona and Como, each of whom had despatched in gives for him.

Nonetheless, the whole lot modified final week, particularly after the sport in opposition to Benfica, the place Garcia placed on a high-quality show after approaching instead, scoring a key objective as properly.

Barcelona have since dominated out his departure, with supervisor Hansi Flick enjoying a key function in convincing the Spaniard to proceed.

Eric Garcia needed to depart initially

Now, SPORT has reported that Garcia had a transparent imaginative and prescient originally of the winter switch window – he was searching for a transfer to search out extra enjoying time.

The Spanish worldwide had revealed his intentions within the locker room as properly however plans modified after he acquired a lift in confidence from Hansi Flick.

Eric Garcia was eager on leaving. (Picture by Yasser Bakhsh/Getty Photographs)

Garcia didn’t need to merely depend on his contract for a cushty life at Barcelona. At 24, his need was to play often, one thing that was solely occurring sporadically on the Catalan membership.

Consequently, he had confided in his teammates that his intention was to depart the membership, with whom he has a contract till June 2026. He had acquired an attractive supply from Girona whereas different golf equipment, similar to Actual Sociedad, additionally confirmed curiosity.

Flick was additionally conscious of Garcia’s dissatisfaction with the minutes he was getting and opted to point out his belief within the 24-year-old by bringing him on in opposition to Benfica at a vital level within the sport, with the participant making a decisive contribution.

Following that, there was a dialog between the participant and the supervisor, which left the defender satisfied about persevering with.

The German tactician values gamers of Garcia’s profile, those that prioritise the collective over their private conditions. Flick was decided to not let him go, and it seems he has succeeded.

In opposition to Valencia on Sunday, he was rewarded with a beginning function forward of Ronald Araujo and Andreas Christensen.