final week, and there was plenty of response to leaving out Barcelona goalkeeper Joan Garcia. The 24-year-old was excellent for Espanyol final season, and he has continued that type since becoming a member of Hansi Flick’s aspect over the summer time.
Many have been shocked that Garcia missed out, as de la Fuente – – opted to proceed with the acquainted trio of Unai Simon, David Raya and Alex Remiro. And now the previous has reacted to the scenario.
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Talking to Radio Marca (by way of ), Simon spoke extremely of Garcia, as he picked out the goalkeeper’s most up-to-date efficiency towards Rayo Vallecano on Sunday.
“It’s regular to speak about and worth what an ideal goalkeeper Joan is. He was the one who contributed essentially the most to his group, on this case Espanyol, and with Barcelona he has additionally began very effectively. He’s having an excellent marketing campaign, simply as we noticed in Vallecas towards Rayo.”
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Simon asks for Spain goalkeeping trio to be valued
And whereas he additionally claimed that Garcia was the perfect La Liga goalkeeper final season, he believes that the trio chosen by de la Fuente are greater than deserving of their locations.
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“Courtois nonetheless appears to me to be the perfect goalkeeper on the earth, however Joan was the perfect goalkeeper in La Liga final season. That doesn’t imply that the remainder of us don’t really feel like we’re nugatory, we have now a weight right here.
“We have now to worth what the three goalkeepers who’re right here achieved. I worth myself… I’m the goalkeeper of Athletic, two years in the past we gained the Zamora, final 12 months we conceded only a few targets and we gained the European Championship.”
Simon is predicted to start out towards Bulgaria and Türkiye in Spain’s opening 2026 World Cup qualifiers, with the primary of these matches happening on Thursday.
