{"id":587,"date":"2025-06-18T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=587"},"modified":"2025-06-18T22:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:00:08","slug":"official-barcelona-seal-joan-garcia-signing-for-e26-4m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/official-barcelona-seal-joan-garcia-signing-for-e26-4m\/","title":{"rendered":"OFFICIAL: Barcelona seal Joan Garcia signing for \u20ac26.4m"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-29-1024x519.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-29-1024x519.png 1024w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-29-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-29-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-29.png 1514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona have officially signed Joan Garcia from Espanyol on a six-year contract, following a complex negotiation and an emotional farewell from the goalkeeper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barcelona have made the signing of Joan Garcia official after lengthy negotiations marked by rivalry with Espanyol. The 24-year-old has signed a six-season contract, making him a future goalkeeper for the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garcia said goodbye to the Espanyol fans with a sincere message: &#8220;I know that this decision will not be easy for everyone to understand. I&#8217;m not asking you to do so. But I do want you to know that it has been a very well thought-out decision, thinking not only about my career but also about what is best for the club, for my family and for me&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last season, Joan Garcia was key to Espanyol&#8217;s survival, making the most saves in LaLiga with 146. His performances did not go unnoticed and teams such as Arsenal and Newcastle both made enquiries before Barca closed the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The contract ties the Catalan goalkeeper to the club until 30 June 2031, consolidating their commitment to home-grown talent. Garcia&#8217;s arrival could lead to changes in the Barca goal, with Szczesny gaining weight and the continuity of Ter Stegen in doubt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona have officially signed Joan Garcia from Espanyol on a six-year contract, following a complex negotiation and an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":588,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions\/588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}