24-year-old Barcelona target’s entourage now believes his move to the Blaugrana club will go through | OneFootball

The goalkeeper position remained one of the most uncertain positions in the FC Barcelona squad in the 2024-25 season. The Blaugranes started the season with Marc-Andre ter Stegen as the fixed starter between the sticks. However, his serious injury early in the season led to a significant change of plans for this position.

Wojciech Szczesny was signed as a replacement right after his injury, but it was Inaki Pena who remained the Catalan team’s starting goalkeeper till the end of 2024. After that, the Pole took over and remained the starter for the rest of the season.

Conflicting reports about Joan Garcia

Ter Stegen has now recovered from his injury and will be available to play next season. However, the future of neither of these three goalkeepers is certain, as Pena is set to leave this summer, Szczesny has not yet responded to the renewal offered to him, and a significant number of fans want another goalkeeper than Ter Stegen starting for their team.

In such a context, Barcelona have been strongly linked with the RCD Espanyol goalkeeper, Joan Garcia, who has completed a highly impressive season with the Catalan club.

There have been some conflicting reports about his links with the Blaugrana club. First, there were reports claiming a concrete interest from them in the goalkeeper. Then there were reports that Garcia is not keen to sign for Barcelona, mainly because of his links with Espanyol.

Then, there were reports that he has not completely closed the door on the Azulgrana side. Recently, the player himself was asked about his links with the Catalan club, but he refrained from giving a clear answer.

RCD Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcia. [Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images]

His entourage now believes a move to Barcelona is likely

Now, according to the journalist Adria Albets (h/t BarcaTimes) Garcia’s entourage believes that his move to Barcelona will go through. This does not confirm the success of this operation, but the entourage believes that this move will ultimately take place.

There is no doubt that Joan Garcia would be a very exciting addition to this Blaugrana squad, as he can remain the team’s starting goalkeeper for several years going forward. However, as things stand, there is still a lot of uncertainty about the success of this operation, and it remains to be seen whether he will join the Catalan club this summer.