Real Madrid left back Fran Garcia He returned to the club for just €5 million last season, after three years of dancing across town at Rayo Vallecano. However, after just one season back at the Santiago Bernabeu, the former Castilla defender may find himself back on track.
Ferland Mendy established himself as the clear first choice last summer, while Los Blancos have an €8m purchase option on Girona defender Miguel Gutierrez. Equally, Real Madrid still have to negotiate with Bayern Munich for Alphonso Davies. If Davies or Gutierrez return, and Mendy does not come out, then Garcia is aware that he will be the third choice, and may have to look for an exit.
So far Real Madrid has not opened the door to that possibility and it is likely that they will not until they have confirmed the situation with the other three. If Garcia went, however, OK Diary say that it cost about 15 million euros. Garcia has interest from several Premier League sides, but the most interested are Bournemouth.
Of course, this will be from a good relationship with the former manager of Rayo Andoni Iraola, now in the Premier League. Under the Basque manager, Garcia was a force of nature marauding down the left side, and has one of the best engines in the League. It looks like he will be on standby until the Blancos clarify the situation with their other options.
