straight to your inboxPep Guardiola suggested Eric Garcia could leave Manchester City this month after resigning himself to losing the centre-back.Garcia stunned his club last summer when he informed them that he no longer saw a future for himself at the Etihad and wished instead to return to former club Barcelona.
The Catalan club made their desire for the 20-year-old clear but could not translate that into an acceptable bid during the transfer window, with City deciding late on deadline day that it would make more financial sense to keep him than to accept what they deemed an unacceptable amount of money to sell him.Guardiola has continued to involve Garcia in his plans - including in the Champions League quarter-final against Lyon -.
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