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Barcelona defender has fallen out of favour underneath Flick since coming back from damage

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Most Barcelona gamers have loved a great time underneath new coach Hansi Flick, with the German tactician overseeing appreciable enchancment in nearly each Barça particular person this season.

Nevertheless, there have been a couple of outliers, one in all who’s Eric Garcia. The previous Man Metropolis starlet, regardless of a promising begin to the season, seems to have fallen behind within the pecking order these days.

Garcia’s downfall put up damage

As reported by SPORT, Flick has began fully overlooking Eric Garcia following his return from damage earlier within the season.

Garcia, who featured fairly prominently, in seven of the eight league matches this season, picked up a knock in mid-October and was sidelined for greater than a month.

Within the early elements of the marketing campaign, the defender was recognized as the best backup for the central defensive duo of Pau Cubarsi and Inigo Martinez. His versatility additionally made him an excellent possibility within the quantity six function.

Garcia is not part of Flick’s plans (Picture by Alex Caparros/Getty Pictures)

Nevertheless, coming back from damage in late November, Garcia has barely performed for Barcelona.

Certainly, the defender has performed a grand complete of simply eight minutes since coming back from his damage, with Flick displaying no indicators of trusting the centre-back as soon as once more.

The street forward for Garcia

Garcia’s predicament at Barça may worsen as Ronald Araujo has now returned from damage, thus including extra choices on the disposal of Flick.

The Spaniard’s significance within the Barcelona first-team, subsequently, is about to dwindle additional, which in flip, may pave the best way for a possible January exit.

In reality, Garcia has been linked with a transfer away from Catalonia fairly prominently in current instances, particularly with the membership determined to shed their wage invoice.

Garcia, for his half, has not dominated out a future exit and it seems a transfer to the Premier League is among the potential eventualities that would play out.