Pep Guardiola confirmed the first signing of Barcelona

After lifting the Carabao Cup trophy after beating Tottenham 1-0 at Wembley, Pep Guardiola kept nothing in the press conference afterwards, and even revealed that one of his players is very close to closing a deal with him. FC Barcelona, the team of his loves. While most of the Spanish media talk about the possibility of Sergio Agüero joining Lionel Messi in the Barça forward, the Catalan coach ended up confirming that Eric García will be the new reinforcement of the culé team.

Asked about the absence of the young central defender in the recent final in London, Pep acknowledged that "the reason why he has not been summoned to the final of the League Cup is because I think he is going to sign for Barça" .

“Eric Garcia is one of my favorite players. I would love to have 15 players like him because of his behavior. He is always thinking about the team. He always has a good face in good times and bad. He helps the coach and the dressing room all the time”, explained the former Bayern Munich manager.

“He's going to go to an incredible team and when the players say they are dissatisfied if I don't put them to play, I think of Eric. Most of the time he is not on the bench because he is going to go to Barcelona, I hope so. It's hard, but it is what it's”, he said. The 20-year-old was trained in the Barça quarry until in 2017 he left for England in search of new opportunities. Thus, the following year, he became part of the first team.

The negotiations had already been underway for a long time. The Spanish ends his contract with the citizens on June 30 and from Barcelona, due to the economic crisis, they decided to wait until that date to close the agreement since, as of July, he could reach zero cost as a free agent.

After informing the club about his position, Eric García has lost prominence in the squad and has not been called up by Manchester City since the beginning of March. So far, the native of Martorell (Barcelona) hasn't played for nine games (5 as a substitute and 4 without even making the official list).