Former Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcia has moved to Barcelona.
Barca said in a statement that it had activated the buyout clause and paid the city rival 25 million euros for Garcia, with whom it signed a contract until 2031.
Garcia came through the youth academy of Espanyol, for whose first team he made his debut in 2021.
The Spanish goalkeeper played a total of 67 games for Espanyol, and in the 2024/25 season he was selected in the ideal La Liga team.
Three goalkeepers played for Barcelona in the recently concluded season - Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Wojciech Szczesny and Iñaki Peña.
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