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- Barcelona fell just €2m short to land Eric Garcia on the transfer deadline, multiple reports suggest, including Marca and CatRadio.
- The Catalans offered Manchester City €10m fixed plus €8m in variables.
- However, the Citizens demanded a further €2m in add-ons.
- Moreover, as the sources put it, €5m out of this € 8m were 'realistically achievable' while another €2m was 'practically impossible'.
- City wanted the variables to reach €10m and to be less complicated to achieve.
- In any case, the deal never happened and now Barca are planning to return for Garcia in January.
- The Catalan giants are now left with just 4 centre-backs with Samuel Umtiti still not fit enough and Ronald Araujo freshly promoted.
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