Manchester City to pay player’s termination clause ‘in the coming hours’

 

Manchester City seem to have been in the process of signing Eric Garcia for over a week, but things may be official soon.

Marca, never one to miss a chance to report on Barcelona losing a La Masia graduate, say Manchester City will pay the player’s €1.5m release clause ‘in the coming hours’.

A Madrid leaning newspaper, Marca describe Garcia signing for Manchester City as a continuation of La Masia’s ‘exodus’, the latest in a line of great young talents to leave Barcelona.

Even more cuttingly for Barcelona, it’s Pep Guardiola snatching Garcia away, and he’s being aided by the 16 year old’s agent Carles Puyol. The defensive legend has informed his former club of the intention to move, and Manchester City are simply offering a better deal.

The young central defender is compared to Gerard Pique by Marca, and it’s stated Manchester City will get it done before next Friday.

‘In the coming hours’, ‘next Friday’… a slight difference from Marca.

The comment section is interesting, with one reader saying: ‘If I were the president of Barca I would withdraw the membership cards of Puyol and Guardiola.’