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Real Madrid Puts Treble Winner Up For Sale, Reports SPORT

Forbes 3 days ago

Real Madrid has put one of the members of its treble-winning squad up for sale according to SPORT, which cited a report from fichajes using anonymous sources.

Fran Garcia joined Madrid's La Fabrica academy as a 14-year-old in 2013, and then graduated from it to the Castilla reserve outfit five years later.

Progressing to the senior side proved difficult, however, which resulted in going out on loan to Rayo Vallecano at the turn of the decade.

In 2021, Rayo decided to make Garcia's loan move permanent and spent a successful two years at Vallecas which caught Madrid President Florentino Perez's eye.

Los Blancos got their chequebook out and repeated the Dani Carvajal formula by triggering a €5 million buyback clause in Garcia's Rayo terms.

This meant that he was brought back to the Bernabeu in August 2023, and finally made his senior debut in the club's iconic white shirt when playing all 90 minutes of a 2-0 La Liga Matchday 1 win at Athletic Club where center back Eder Militao was ruled out for months with an ACL rupture.

A pair of assists in a 2-1 triumph against Real Sociedad saw Garcia named the MVP of the match.

Yet opportunities soon dried up for the 24-year-old when France international and positional rival Ferland Mendy proved to head coach Carlo Ancelotti that he was the best man at left back as Madrid went on to become the kings of Spain and Europe once more with record-extending La Liga and Champions League title wins.

Competition at left back is set to further increase if Alphonso Davies joins Madrid's talent-packed squad in the coming weeks.

The Canadian's Bayern Munich contract is set to expire in almost exactly 12 months' time on June 30, 2025, which pushes the Bavarians to head to the negotiation table and has out a deal with Madrid for a cut fee if they don't want to risk losing him for nothing a year from now.

This turn of events therefore puts Garcia in the shop window, and Madrid would reportedly accept a fee of $12.8 million (€12 million).

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