Barça B - Official: Walter to Mahonés on loan

Spanish fourth division club Sporting Mahonés has officially announced mid-August the transfer of Barcelona Juvenil A forward Walter Fernández (19).

The Barcelona born striker joins his new club on a one year loan deal after difficult negotiations and only after both the player and his agent Mágico Díaz made a serious effort.

Walter, who ended last season playing on loan with Spanish fourth division club Mataró, had reached the age limit and couldn't keep on playing with the Juvenil team next season while a promotion to Barcelona Atlètic wasn't an option.

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Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that if Zaragoza forward and Spanish international Sergio García (24) is sold this summer, Barcelona will receive 20 per cent of the transfer fee. When Barcelona sold the striker to Zaragoza in the summer of 2005 this was included in the deal.

It is expected that Zaragoza, who were relegated to the Segunda División this season, is willing to sell the player. The club is at this moment holding on to the buyout clause of 18 million euro°.

The player's agent, 'Mágico' Díaz, met last Thursday with Tottenaham officials. Tottenham manager Juande Ramos would be intersted in bringing Sergio García to the Premier League. Liverpool and several Primera División teams would be following the Barcelona youth product. Barcelona has also been linked with the player (read more here).

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Sergio Garcia is not a priority

Both main Catalan sports papers claim that former Espanyol Barcelona player 'Mágico' Díaz, the agent of Zaragoza forward and Spanish international Sergio García (24), met yesterday in Barcelona with Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain (read more here).

Díaz was informed that Sergio García is considered to be an interesting player, but that he's not a priority and certainly not when Zaragoza holds on to the 18 million euro° buyout clause.

Because José Ramón Alexanko, the head of the Barcelona youth academy, assisted the meeting, it is believed that the main topic during the meeting were the possible transfers of youth players. Díaz represents several players of Barcelona B and other youth categories.

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Sergio Garcia close to a return

Madrid sports tabloid Marca claims that Zaragoza forward Sergio García (24), who was surprisingly added to the Spain list for the Euro 2008 (read more here), is close to return to Barcelona.

Barcelona has already contacted Mágico Díaz, the agent of the player, and García would be delighted by the idea of returning to Barcelona. From the first contact with Zaragoza it seems that the transfer fee could be around 10 million euro°.

Zaragoza has asked all parties for some discretion in the transfer talks since the club, who was relegated this season and has to sell some players (read more here), wants to give the fans some time to get over the frustration of past season. Transfers are therefore not expected to be announced in the next two weeks.

Future Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola explicitly asked Barcelona president Joan Laporta for the Zaragoza striker and Barcelona youth product as he wants to give the squad more caracter and an own identity.

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