Manchester City midfielder Aleix Garcia completed a season-long loan move to Belgian club Royal Excel Mouscron yesterday evening, as confirmed by the club’s official Twitter channel @ManCity.
.@97_aleix has joined @ExcelMouscron on loan until June 2020.
#mancity pic.twitter.com/i1qIYvz84V
— Manchester City (@ManCity) September 2, 2019
This is the third time that the 22-year-old defensive midfielder has been loaned out by the Premier League champions, having had two year-long spells at Spanish outfit Girona in 2017/18 and 2018/19.
Garcia, who is a Spanish Under-21 international, signed for Manchester City four years ago, but has only made nine senior appearances for the club.
Eight of those came under Pep Guardiola in the 2016/17 season, with four in domestic cup competitions and just four in the Premier League. He has only started one league game for Manchester City, with his Premier League experience amounting to 76 minutes in total.
He has at least had regular game time at Girona, for whom he scored three times in 55 games.
These Manchester City fans questioned the decision to loan him out again, with some feeling that he should have been kept, and others believing that a permanent move would have been best:
Stop loaning players who'll never get a chance here, just sell them and let them have a career
— CM (@callmws) September 2, 2019
Thought he was supposed to be part of our defensive solution with Vinny leaving
— John Parker (@jopapgh) September 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/beatricemcry/status/1168625015161610241
This dude deserves to be a part of the 1st team
— Idowu B. Agemo (@SFC_BOSS) September 2, 2019
https://twitter.com/lily_f03/status/1168658664376475657
Oh come on Pep!!!! I like this player and believe he is good enough to sit on the bench and can hold his own if given a chance. I agree with those who think you should just sell him so he can fulfill his potential
— Paul Ntonya (@appex_kreator) September 3, 2019
We wish you get a chance at bigger team
— 🇵🇸 (@NaailNuh) September 2, 2019
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