Barcelona to wait until summer to sign Eric Garcia unless his signing is extremely necessary

Barcelona is confident they'll get Garcia for free as they have a good relationship with his agent.

Barcelona is ready to wait until summer to sign Manchester City's defender Eric Garcia for free, Diario Sport report.

The Catalans are in a tough economic situation and would rather not pay a transfer fee for the youngster.

However, Ronald Koeman's options at centre-back are rather limited and in case he needs another defender, Barca will try to sign Garcia in January.

Currently, Blaugrana has only two centre-backs available, with both Samuel Umtiti and Ronald Araujo out with injuries.

Eric Garcia is a product of La Masia and it's said that he looks forward to returning to his childhood club.