Barcelona have confirmed the signing of Joan Garcia from Espanyol for €25m.
The goalkeeper was linked with quite a few golf equipment after a powerful season with Espanyol.
Garcia made 146 saves in LaLiga final season, the second-most saves in Europe’s prime 5 leagues within the final marketing campaign behind Mark Flekken (153).
The 24-year-old additionally had the eighth-best save proportion amongst goalkeepers who made no less than 80 stops, with 73.7%.
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Barca confirmed on Wednesday that they’d paid the discharge clause in Garcia’s Espanyol contract, and that he would formally put pen to paper on a six-year contract on Friday.
“I do know this determination received’t be simple for everybody to grasp,” stated Garcia in an announcement video posted to his social media accounts.
“I’m not asking you to take action. This has been thought by way of, pondering not solely of my profession but in addition of what’s greatest for the membership, my household, and me.”
Garcia went on to thank Espanyol workers and followers, in addition to his coach, earlier than speaking a few “new chapter”.
With Garcia’s arrival, there are some query marks over the way forward for Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who has been linked with a transfer to Galatasaray.
