‘He has a lot of character‘ — Eric Garcia on Barcelona teammate who commands the locker room

The defender Eric Garcia has seen his standing at FC Barcelona rise significantly in the previous few months, as he’s now one of many most-used gamers within the squad, and a fixture within the group’s backline.

The rise in his stature may be symbolized by the truth that he’s now the fifth captain of the group, for the reason that departure of Marc-Andre ter Stegen on mortgage to Girona.

As SPORT has reported, the Spaniard lately appeared in an interview with DAZN, by which he talked about some points of his profession at Barcelona and the Spanish nationwide group.

Some of the notable occasions from this interview was him naming the Blaugrana participant with essentially the most character and management, as he commented:

“He’s not a quiet, low-profile chief, however I believe Raphinha. He has lots of character, and typically you get irritated with him as a result of he overdoes it, however I believe he has that fiery temperament that then makes him, as a participant, run up and down all sport, assist so much in protection, and rating the targets he scores.”

Garcia went on to determine Raphinha as the most effective gamers on the planet at this time:

“Contemplating the yr he had final season, he may be thought-about the most effective gamers on the planet.”

Raphinha’s management is there for everybody to see, and there’s no doubt that Barcelona will miss him as he’s at present injured. In the meantime, different leaders, like Eric Garcia, must step up to make sure the consequences of this loss on the group are minimal.