Sergio García Next For Barcelona

Sergio García could be set to rejoin Barcelona with negotiations already having started after Pep Guardiola named the Real Zaragoza on his list of wanted players for next season.

Sergio Garcia - Zaragoza
The striker is currently with the Spain squad preparing for Euro 2008 after his surprise call-up following an impressive campaign despite los Maños relegation to la Segunda.

After Guardiola was confirmed as Frank Rijkaard's replacement at Camp Nou, he told the board that he wanted to see more homegrown players in his squad, even if it meant buying some old faces back.

Gerard Piqué arrived from Manchester United on Tuesday after four years at Old Trafford and Sergio García is next on the agenda with a fee of €10m being mooted.

Barça's technical secretary, Txiki Begiristain, knows that he will have to be patient after Zaragoza asked for more time to work on their summer rebuilding plans.

The Aragónese club are working on which players to buy and sell to appease fans after they dropped down to the second tier of Spanish fotball on the final day of the season.

Sergio García's agent, Mágico Diaz, already knows of Barcelona's interest and his client is said to be very excited about a possible return to Camp Nou, where he rose through the youth ranks.

After playing four first team games during the 2003-04 campaign, the forward spent a year on loan at Levante and then another loan spell at Zaragoza was made permanent.

Having played as the third choice striker behind Diego Milito and Ewerthon two years ago, Sergio García was given his chance last term with Milito and Ricardo Oliveira failing to gel.

His impressive second half to the season saw Luis Aragonés call him in to the Spain squad for Euro 2008 without having ever tested him at any level before.

Lucas Brown, Goal.com

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