Eric García (Martorell, Barcelona; 24 years old) renewed his contract with FC Barcelona until June 2031, the same year in which the contract of Lamine Yamal, the Camp Nou icon, also expires. Both are considered benchmark footballers for Hansi Flick’s team. The overall impact caused by the leader of his 18 years contrasts with the silence of the defense of the 24: “I have to continue working and make a little noise”, concretized by Eric García signing the contract officiated in the presence of his fathers and his sister and signed by President Joan Laporta.
He finds himself knowing that the footballer’s agent is Iván de la Peña and that his lawyer is Ramon Sostres to understand Eric’s way of being. The club has no doubts about the need to extend a contract finalized in 2026. The management of the football team highlights the captaincy after being consolidated as the undisputed starter of Barça. He played more minutes than in the 22 matches played and his performance was so solvable and responsible that he now finds himself in the central midfielder position (out of 6) thanks to De Jong, Casadó and Bernal.
Nadie doubts her ascendancy with her teammates and her commitment to the club: “Captaincy is not something you choose, but it comes naturally, and in my case I always wear the brazalete in the lower categories of Barça. I like to help, especially in bad times.” A predisposition that took him to the center of the field after having acted on both sides and in the center, his natural demarcation: “I just don’t want to play up front,” he writes. “You have to go where the coach says. You have to adapt to what you say if you want to play for Barça.”
Football player trained at the Barcelona youth training center, Eric García always wanted to be a starter at Barcelona. The condition of the body was not imminent, however, it was recorded in 2017 for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. Until 2021, when he returns to Camp Nou, once his contract with the Premier club is fulfilled. Although he signed for five seasons, in 2023 he transferred to Girona, a team that consolidated itself as one of the best players in football in the historic season in which it obtained the classification for the Champions League. Eric showed his best version of Michel’s hand.
Even though his return to Barça in the 2024-2025 season ended with some doubts, he won Flick’s trust and the team’s esteem from the European qualifying match against Benfica. A successful goal in the 89th minute propelled the Azulgranas to victory and qualification for the semi-finals against Inter. Then the uncertainty that lasted forever about Eric’s future ended. The manager then insisted he needed the player and demonstrated it in the second half of a season that ended with him winning the League, Cup and Super Cup.
Eric expresses his gratitude to Flick and Michel and feels happy with the love of passion expressed by his friends when his name was born at Camp Nou. “I never doubted, I told my agent that I could continue here. I don’t care about the interests of other clubs,” said the Barça player. The versatile footballer is going through a difficult moment: “After the classic and the defeat against Chelsea, the season seemed over”, he finishes without deciding that Barça is leader with four points over Madrid and chooses to be among the best in the Champions League.
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