This season, for the first time in a very long time, probably even in history, FC Barcelona is not the best Catalan club. The team coached by Xavi is in fourth place, quite far behind Girona, co-leader of La Liga with Real Madrid. A fashionable club on the other side of the Pyrenees, the team located a hundred kilometers north of Barcelona delights with a fairly slick offensive game and individuals who are in good shape. Among them, Aleix Garcia, his midfielder.
At the age of 26, he is one of La Liga’s sure values in the midfield, and has just celebrated his first call-up to the selection earlier this season. And inevitably, he caught the eye of many clubs, such as Atlético de Madrid, and even FC Barcelona. He would even be Xavi’s priority, even though he has already publicly declared his laziness at the Blaugrana.
Different visions
But in this matter, there is a big point of difference between the two clubs. And for good reason, Girona estimates that the player’s release clause is 20 million euros. On the FC Barcelona side, we are convinced that it is lower, around 12 million euros. A difference of 8 million euros which may seem a little insignificant for a big European club, but in the case of FC Barcelona, in enormous financial difficulty, it is enormous. Especially since the Culés did not receive a check for 40 million euros owed to them by the Libero company, and on which they were counting.
Is this a strategy by FC Barcelona to lower the price of the player? This is also a possibility to consider. Whatever happens, it is very likely that the City Football Group will not give the reigning Spanish champion any gifts, and that the Barcelona side will be forced to lift their clause. An amount of 12 million euros could possibly be affordable, especially in the event of sales, but 20 million is already far too much…
