FC Barcelona, ​​a nearby historic rival player

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By: Manu Tournoux

While Real Madrid continues its summer transfer window, FC Barcelona is also trying to strengthen. Still under the financial surveillance of the Liga, the Catalan club does not have a very wide room for maneuver. He is, however, about to afford a reinforcement embodied by Joan Garcia, goalkeeper of Espanyol Barcelona. The case is about to conclude.

After a year spent without a Marc-André Ter Stegen seriously injured at the start of the season and reinstated in the group in the latest championship days, Barça works on the door file. Called in reinforcement, Wojciech Szczęsny should continue one more season. But the Catalan club wants to strengthen the position and competition. And it is Joan Garcia who will land. If everything is going well.

After Sportthe liberating clause of the twenty-four-year-old goalkeeper was paid by the Blaugrana. But the media added that it was now necessary to wait until the Liga validates the operation, accuses the good reception of the funds and confirms that everything is in order. The clause in question is twenty-five million euros. After MarcaFC Barcelona sought what to finance the operation. The possibility of a loan would have even been envisaged.

Joan Garcia at Barça until 2031?

As a reminder, the official opening of the transfer window is scheduled for July 1. There is therefore no emergency even if according to the media, Barça and Joan Garcia were in a hurry to conclude the operation. The goalkeeper should sign a six -year contract spanning until June 2031.

Arrived at the Espanyol Training Center in 2016, Joan Garcia climbed the level one by one to become the holder of the first team a few seasons later. In 2024-2025, he played thirty-eight meetings with his club for fifty-one goals conceded and only eight “clean sheet”.