Victor Font, candidate in the elections in FC Barcelona, asked the club’s Board of Directors to buy from Eric Garcia, central al the city of Manchester, for which his sports structure has already made arrangements for his transfer with another 3 million euros variable and with the player’s will not to collect until the end of the season.
“Our efforts allow us to understand that incorporation Eric Garcia now, this week, it is possible and the club can take it financially. Considering that Koeman and our sports structure considers it a fundamental incorporation to aspire to all titles, We ask the Board of Directors here to take the decision to incorporate Eric Garcia this weekhe told a news conference.
FONT, with duties fulfilled if they won elections that should have taken place last Sunday – the new, last date will be March 7 – assured that the city of Manchester of Pep Guardiola he would be willing to agree to sell now to the player, which concludes the contract in the summer and will not be renewed.
“He Town would be willing to sell for 3 million euros fixed plus variable. It’s less than a third of what Boat offered to the player a few months ago, in the summer, when he offered 10 million. Now we aspire to be for another 3 million variables “, Font reiterated.
Moreover, he added that the “citizen” entity would be open not to receive these amounts until next year. “We know that the player is very interested in doing the operation now, taking into account the fact that there is a European Championship in the summer. He may be willing to make an effort and not receive a salary from now until the end of the season, “he added of Garcia.
“If we take all this into account, the question is: why don’t we incorporate it? Impact on accounts Boat it would be practically zero. We can’t hide behind the club’s poor economic situation, which is serious. But we are a football club, not a company and there are no transition years and we have to have the best team, “he said.
Eric García is struggling to sign with Barcelona
So he threw an arrow at his rival Joan Laporta. “Laporta explains that one of his goals is to motivate Koeman, But how can it be motivated if the only request it has and which can be given is not fulfilled. We demand, as a candidate, that the interests of the club be put first and that electoralism be put aside. The partner, we know, wants it too Eric Garcia“, he showed.
“The player is crazy to come and would come hired and wants to help, and Koeman needs you. Hopefully no one else will be hurt. It is our responsibility to take care of the interests of the club, which wants to win titles “, concluded Font, who does not have a” formal offer “from the club. Town but there are those advanced negotiations that the manager asks him to do, the winter market ends next Sunday.