Ronald Koeman keeps asking Eric Garcia despite the refusal of some of the candidates and will continue to do so until the market has closed definitively. But it is not just a wish of the Dutch coach but rather a report from the technical secretariat, signed by Ramon Planes, recommends the signing of the City center back in an expensive way if you want to have a competitive team.
In this document, which TV3 has had access, rather than the need of Eric García, the alarming deficit in the headcount for the next few months is highlighted, taking into account that the Champions League tie against PSG is just around the corner. The report highlights that Gerard Piqué “will not be available until April” in the best of cases and that Samuel Umtiti “has a very difficult time playing demanding matches in addition to not being a reliable player either due to his injuries, so there is no guarantee that he will be available at the key moments of the season ”.
With this panorama, The document concludes that there are only two centers with guarantees to face three competitions today: Clement Lenglet and Ronald Araujo. The subsidiary's central defender, Óscar Mingueza, is considered a valid alternative, but for “medium demand matches”, in no case “For important games” because he is not “ready”.
It also points out that the other alternatives of the subsidiary are not considered because “Both Ramos Mingo and Igor are injured.”
Hence the need, almost a requirement, to incorporate Eric Garcia in the winter market: “It is a market opportunity that cannot be missed. because it hardly happens in these circumstances. It would be a mistake to waste it and for a simple matter of sports responsibility we are forced to request their incorporation”.
Likewise, in the document there is a section where the exit for the market next summer of three players is recommended: Junior Firpo, Samuel Umtiti and Neto Murara. With a note on the possibility of raising affiliate players to the first team, both to lower the wage bill as in order to continue rejuvenating the squad, putting special emphasis on the left back, Alejandro Balde.