{"id":779159,"date":"2026-02-21T10:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/779159\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T10:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:25:14","slug":"barcelona-goalkeeper-shares-thoughts-on-spain-nt-opportunities-ahead-of-world-cup-good-news-will-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/779159\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona goalkeeper shares thoughts on Spain NT opportunities ahead of World Cup \u2013 \u201cGood news will come\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is clear that Joan Garcia now ranks among the best goalkeepers in La Liga.<\/p>\n

After joining from Espanyol last summer, the goalkeeper has taken his game a step further and has become a vital player in between the sticks for Barcelona.<\/p>\n

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However, despite all his performances, Garcia has yet to make his debut for the Spanish national team.<\/p>\n

He had the chance to make his debut at the end of last year, but an untimely injury meant he was not considered for the Spain squad.<\/p>\n

Joan Garcia on Spain NT opportunity<\/p>\n

In a recent interaction with MARCA<\/a>, Joan Garcia has talked about his time at Barcelona so far and how things are going at Camp Nou.<\/p>\n

But the goalkeeper also offered his thoughts on his lack of chances in the Spanish national team after being asked about a potential call-up in the near future.<\/p>\n

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Garcia is hopeful about playing his first game for Spain soon. (Photo by Juan Manuel Serrano Arce\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The former Espanyol star sounded quite hopeful despite admitting that he doesn\u2019t always think about the opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not something I think about. I guess to keep working and improving day by day, to continue performing at the highest level, even better than I\u2019m doing now.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSo, if I keep working humbly and giving my best in every game, good news will surely come,\u201d<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\n

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Garcia\u2019s comments come at a time when Luis de la Fuente is finalising his squad<\/a> for the March-end international break, where La Roja will be up against Argentina in the Finalissima \u2013 a game that could see Lionel Messi lock horns with Lamine Yamal.<\/p>\n

Spain have another friendly scheduled on March 30 against Egypt, a game where de la Fuente could think about giving Garcia his first opportunity, provided he selects him in the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is clear that Joan Garcia now ranks among the best goalkeepers in La Liga. After joining from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5312],"tags":[10105,199,321,48111,2000,299,51057,96,15217,2746,104,144774],"class_list":["post-779159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-argentina","tag-barcelona","tag-egypt","tag-espanyol","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-joan-garcia","tag-la-liga","tag-lamine-yamal","tag-lionel-messi","tag-spain","tag-spanish-national-team"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116108140599403802","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}