Arsenal failed of their bid to signal Joan Garcia final summer time, , it will likely be powerful to safe his signature. And on this event, it’s not as a result of Espanyol will make issues troublesome, however moderately there’s anticipated to be way more competitors this time round.
Garcia has been among the finest goalkeepers in La Liga this season, this primary as a starter within the prime division of Spanish soccer. It isn’t controversial to say that he’s the first purpose that Espanyol are at present up in fifteenth, 4 factors outdoors of the relegation locations – and they’ll hope to drag additional away this weekend once they journey to La Ceramica to tackle Villarreal.
Espanyol have struck gold with Garcia, who’s a product of their youth academy. Nonetheless, there’s a feeling of inevitability that he’ll depart this summer time, particularly as his sale could be a serious assist for the membership of their bid to beat monetary difficulties.
Espanyol will respect that it’s not solely Arsenal that maintain an curiosity within the goalkeeper, because it signifies that they’ll ask for the next value – possibly even his €25m launch clause. , and now have reported that Bayer Leverkusen wish to signal him through the summer time switch window.
Leverkusen could possibly be the perfect transfer for Garcia, as of the three groups talked about, it’s on the Bayer Enviornment that he’s most definitely to be a starter. The defending Bundesliga champions have Lukas Hradecky, who’s 35, coming in direction of the top of his time on the membership, whereas his backup Matej Kovar shouldn’t be of the identical degree because the Espanyol goalkeeper. As such, he would have a superb opportunity to change into the primary for Xabi Alonso.