Joan Garcia had no doubts about Barcelona career move<\/h2>\n
In the lead up to his move, there was plenty of speculation surrounding his intentions, with a number of stories emerging saying that he would not consider a move to Barcelona due to the rivalry. Yet when it came to a career decision, Garcia did not think twice, as he told MD<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI never had any doubts about my future or my sporting side. Obviously, coming from Espanyol, there are a few more doubts, but I didn\u2019t have any on the sporting side.\u201d<\/p>\n Garcia noted that he has been relaxed about his registration situation, affirming that \u2018I knew what I was getting into.\u2019 He thanked the Barcelona fans for their welcome.<\/p>\n \u201cFirst, thank you very much for the welcome you\u2019ve given me in a somewhat complicated situation, and for coming here to give my all, to help in any way I can.\u201d<\/p>\n And also had a message for the Espanyol fans, who reacted with ire.<\/p>\n \u201cI understand them, I understand a little of the pain they may have felt, the disappointment. I\u2019d be lying if I said I hadn\u2019t thought about them, that I hadn\u2019t had some difficult days thinking about them. But in the end, it was the decision I had to make for myself, for my family, and for my future.\u201d<\/p>\n Rashford: “All of the lads are like young, if you’re like 27, 28, I’d say there’s more players under 21 than past 28. In my career, I’m in the middle, but here I’m more experienced. It’s refreshing playing with [the young ones], they come in and they have so much energy, and it\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 barcacentre (@barcacentre) August 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Famously, Espanyol coach Manolo Gonzalez made several media appearances claiming Garcia would not move to Barcelona. In one, he said he would \u2018almost bet my hand\u2019 on it not happening<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cAs I\u2019ve said, everyone has their own thoughts, their own opinions. I\u2019ve already said that perhaps it was a little difficult to understand the move to Barca because I\u2019m from Espanyol, but I\u2019m clear that it was the best thing for me.\u201d<\/p>\n He also denied that he had told the Espanyol dressing room he would not move to Barcelona.<\/p>\n \u201cYes, I\u2019ve spoken with [Manolo]. Beyond the sporting aspect, we get along very well, we\u2019ve gotten along very well. He\u2019s been a coach who\u2019s given me everything, he\u2019s given me his complete trust, and obviously we\u2019ve spoken. I\u2019ve wished him the best of luck for whatever comes next, and he\u2019s wished me the same.\u201d<\/p>\n Part of the frustration for Espanyol fans was that Garcia appeared to have the option to go elsewhere, with Newcastle United and Manchester City heavily linked to him.<\/p>\n \u201cMany names and many teams come up, but it\u2019s not always like that. It\u2019s true that there was interest from other teams, but in the end, there was nothing like what Barca offered me on a sporting level and in terms of what they\u2019re building, their young team, with the potential to win everything. There was nothing, and in that sense, I had no doubts.\u201d<\/p>\n Garcia was also asked how Barcelona Director of Football Deco allayed any doubts he might have about joining the club.<\/p>\n \u201cAbove all, the project there is, the team there, so young, with so much quality. And they made me feel they truly loved me. They made a significant financial commitment that many teams probably wouldn\u2019t have made. So I felt they truly loved me, that it was a commitment they were making with great determination. And that\u2019s very important for a player. Feeling loved and truly loved is very important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post Joan Garcia had no doubts on sporting level about joining Barcelona from rivals Espanyol<\/a> appeared first on Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New Barcelona signing Joan Garcia went from survival hero to public enemy number one at Espanyol in the space of a few weeks…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1897,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions\/1897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Joan](\"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Joan-Garcia-2031-min-scaled.jpeg\")
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Espanyol manager Manolo Gonzalez nearly bet his hand<\/h2>\n
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What convinced Garcia of Barcelona move?<\/h3>\n
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