{"id":82409,"date":"2025-07-22T05:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/82409\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T05:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:48:08","slug":"flick-considers-e18-million-rated-barcelona-star-non-transferable-renewal-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/82409\/","title":{"rendered":"Flick considers \u20ac18 million-rated Barcelona star &#8216;non-transferable&#8217;, renewal soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite some frustrations, the summer window is progressing well for FC Barcelona, with the club making a few key signings, parting ways with some unwanted players and securing strategic renewals.<\/p>\n<p>Lamine Yamal was the latest among several players to pen a new contract with the Blaugrana, but will not be the last as Deco &amp; Co. will continue focusing on other renewals.<\/p>\n<p>Frenkie de Jong, for one, appears set to pen a new contract as soon as his agent situation is resolved. Eric Garcia could be the next, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/tres-renovaciones-pendientes-barca-119887069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPORT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Non-transferable<\/p>\n<p>As per the report, Barcelona manager Hansi Flick considers Eric Garcia \u2018non-transferable\u2019. The German manager himself requested the versatile defender\u2019s renewal, which could be completed soon.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the 24-year-old Spaniard is confident about remaining with Barcelona for several more years. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fc-barcelona-v-real-madrid-cf-la-liga-ea-sports-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"eric garcia in action for barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-173745\"  \/>Non-transferable. (Photo by Alex Caparros\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The centre-back from Martorell has one year left on his current deal and is awaiting a new contract to be agreed soon. <\/p>\n<p>After spending the 2023-24 season on loan at Girona, he became an important player for Flick last season. While his departure was considered both in summer and winter, the German manager dismissed the idea. <\/p>\n<p>Garcia\u2019s versatility earned him many minutes, with the former Manchester City ace proving to be a valuable asset, not only as a central defender but also as a defensive midfielder and right-back.<\/p>\n<p>Given his age, versatility, and tactical understanding, Flick sees him as an untouchable in the squad, and his contract renewal could be finalised in the coming weeks, <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-will-focus-on-renewing-versatile-defenders-contract-after-returning-to-11-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">once Barcelona are back to the 1:1 rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*Player valuation in title obtained from transfermarkt.com on date of publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite some frustrations, the summer window is progressing well for FC Barcelona, with the club making a few&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":82410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[1386,4444,56242,5727,5729,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-82409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-barcelona-news","10":"tag-eric-garcia","11":"tag-fc-barcelona","12":"tag-hansi-flick","13":"tag-soccer","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114895316848138372","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}