Eric Garcia’s decision to leave Barcelona in 2017 is no longer uncommon. The lack of a clear progression pathway for the club’s top youth prospects means plenty of them have jumped ship.
Manchester City benefitted from the arrival of both Garcia and Adrian Bernabe from the Catalan club, and both moves have been mutually profitable.
City boss Pep Guardiola gets to call upon a young central defender at a time where there is to be a changing of the guard at the Etihad, while the 19-year-old has a realistic chance of proving himself ahead of time to Spain boss Luis Enrique.
While La Masia looks to arm its students with the tools required to play football at the top level in a possession-heavy and aesthetically-pleasing manner, by 2017 there
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