Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 13:30
Joan García communicated on Wednesday via social networks, his departure from Espanyol and shot with gratitude against his former hobby and without referring to his signing for Barcelona, who has already deposited the termination clause in LaLiga that amounts to 26.34 million euros, that is, the 25 -staggered IPC. After publishing his message on Instagram, the 24 -year -old goalkeeper changed his profile photo and deactivated the comments, awaiting the wave of reactions from the most radical pericos.
The march of the goalkeeper of the Llobregat, revelation of last season, will be officially made and in the coming hours his agreement will be announced with Barça until 2031. The presentation will be postponed slightly more, although the player has already returned to the city after completing his holiday on the Azores Islands. According to sources of his surroundings, Joan García is tormented by the criticism and pressure received after knowing his decision to prioritize his career and sign for the eterny rival of Espanyol.
On Goodbye Time, the young keeper does not pretend that the Blue and White fans understand his decision, but at least they are clear about their total effort during their nine -year stage in the Cornellà entity. «The time has come to separate our paths. Today I have to say goodbye to the club that has been my house since the age of 15. During all this time I have tried to grow every day as a football player and as a person, always with humility, effort and the pride to defend the purpose of the RCD Espanyol, ”says Joan García in the Goodbye video.
«I gave everything I had on the inside to help the team, to display this shield with the maximum delivery and to do what this shirt means. I know that this decision is not easy to understand for everyone. I don’t ask you to do it. But I want you to know that it was a very thoughtful decision, not only thinking about my career, but also about the best for the club, for my family and for me, ”the Catalan keeper continues.
«It is not a goodbye, it is a stage that concludes with the conviction that everything I have lived made me better. Thank you with all my heart to all coaches, companions, employees and all the people who form the day to day of the club … Without you, it would not be who I am today. I take much more than football, friendships, values, learning and indelible memories, such as that night of June 23, that I will never forget, “proclaims Joan García.
Thanks and pride
«And especially thanks to the fans. From the first day I felt your love, and at the most difficult moments your support was that pushed me to continue. You let me feel a part of something very big. I am with my heart full of gratitude, I am aware that this path has had sweet and difficult moments, but they all let me grow. I have defended these colors with everything I had, and that will always be my pride. Start a new challenge now. I have it with enthusiasm, but also with the greatest respect for everything I leave behind. Thank you for all parakeets. Until always, “he concludes.
After weeks of negotiation it was Friday when President Joan Laporta signed the assignment to activate the payment of the termination clause. Leafa was informed on Monday of Espanyol, a club that in turn reported the movement with a statement via the Hastar Company, owner of 99.6% of the Blue and Blue and White Entity shares. Anyway, Javier Tebas, president of the employer, Barça already warned on Tuesday that one thing is to pay the clause and the other to register the football player.
In the beginning there was a five -year contract, but in the end they will be six to distribute the salary in a larger number of exercises, better accounts for the accounts and comply with the financial fair play. His net salary will be around three million euros a year, almost ten times more than the 400,000 euros he earned in Espanyol, which improved the conditions for the past year.
Although strengthening the goal was not a priority issue for Barça by having the Ter Stegen, Szczesny and the young Iñaki Peña in the Ter Stegen, the leaders saw Joan García, the key in Espanyol’s durability in the highest category with an average of 3.6 stops per game, they are extraordinary. He was the goalkeeper with more interventions under sticks in the regional tournament, no less than 146, for the 132 of the Osasunista Sergio Herrera or the 104 of Marko Dmitrovic in the Leganés.
Joan García had received interesting offers since the Premier League, especially the Newcastle, but did not convince him to change land. He has given priority to the family bond with Barcelona and the largest projection that the Barca club gives, which brings him to the Spanish team. He ended with convincing Deco, the sports director of Barça who started the conversations with his representatives more than three months ago.
