Barcelona s new goalkeeper! Marca: Buying Joan for 25 million euros - Garcia proves to be a great investment

September 5th News Marca reported that Barcelona's new goalkeeper Joan Garcia is a wise choice of 25 million euros.

Barcelona Sports Management's signing of Garcia was considered a risky decision. At first, because Ter Stegen had proven his strength and returned from injury, the team did not need to strengthen the goalkeeper position. In addition, Szczesni is also a perfect substitute, and his stay in the team has become a foregone conclusion. However, Deco believes that signing the goalkeeper for 25 million euros is an unmissable market opportunity.

Garcia's arrival led to a clear alienation between Ter Stegen and the club. Tensions reached a worrying level when the German goalkeeper refused to let the club submit their medical report to La Liga in order to consider its long absence and allow the signing of former Espanyol players. This triggered an important disagreement. Laporta's direct intervention finally calmed down the situation and solved the problem.

Without direct competition with Ter Stegen, Garcia has the opportunity to prove his worth. With just three games, he proved that his joining was the right choice. Especially in Barcelona's match against Vallecano last Sunday, Barcelona could have suffered a crushing defeat if it weren't for his outstanding performance. Garcia performed well in this game, making four key saves to save the team. After the game, head coach Frick praised: "I congratulated him. He was excellent in handling the ball and responded quickly. He made no mistakes and was very confident." Not only did he have two key saves against Levante and Mallorca on Sunday, he also had two key saves each, although not as eye-catching as in Vallecano. In addition, in the game at Mallorca, Garcia showed excellent footwork skills, without a pass mistake, showing an absolute sense of ball possession security.

Garcia's position as Barcelona goalkeeper is gradually consolidating. The performance in the next few games will be crucial, but given his confidence in his abilities, it is hard to believe that he will see a decline in the coming months. Even if Ter Stegen is the captain of the team, it will be very difficult to replace his teammates.

And in the long run, the 25 million euros paid for him this summer will prove to be a great investment. Just look at the transfer fees of other goalkeepers in the transfer market this year: Manchester City paid €30 million for Donaluma, Paris Saint-Germain paid €40 million for Schevalier, and Fenerbahce paid €20 million for 32-year-old Ederson.