Heart signs Garcia to one-year deal
Roar Guru Melbourne Heart have signed Socceroo Richard Garcia to a one-year A-League contract.
Garcia, 30, a former English Premier League player with West Ham and Hull City, will join Heart for the 2012/13 season.
Heart head coach John Aloisi said he was delighted Garcia will join the likes of Josip Tadic and Patrick Gerhardt at the club for the upcoming A-League season.
“”Richard can play a number of roles. For the national team, he played across the front line and in England he spent a considerable amount of time in the midfield, which is the role we see him playing for us,” he said.
“The experience he possesses isn’t something you encounter too often. Having been a professional in England for 10 years at a high level, and as a World Cup veteran, he will assume a leadership role on the pitch and will be an important guide for our younger players.”
Garcia has represented Australia 14 times including at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
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August 23rd 2012 @ 12:28pm
Stevo said | August 23rd 2012 @ 12:28pm | Report comment
Good. At 30 with a wealth of experience in England he’ll provide additional stability and nous for the team. Age and some questions concerning injuries makes a one year deal OK with room to extend if things work out really well. Bring on the season please. Gallop, your job is to extend the HAL season and reduce the ‘down time.’ Thankyou.
August 23rd 2012 @ 12:42pm
pete4 said | August 23rd 2012 @ 12:42pm | Report comment
Stevo – agree with the first part as Garcia is a good acquisition. But not sure we’ll end up extending from the current 27 rounds + finals format anytime soon because once the rugby codes begin pitches degenerate pretty quickly
August 23rd 2012 @ 12:42pm
cliffclavin said | August 23rd 2012 @ 12:42pm | Report comment
Garcia is a very good signing for the candymen. He is versatile and pretty mobile and should suit their system. Agree with stevo about injury concerns, but a long off-season should help him here. Much under-rated. Bring on the season.
Re the extension of season – we just need to be patient and build properly.
August 23rd 2012 @ 1:47pm
wisey_9 said | August 23rd 2012 @ 1:47pm | Report comment
agreed. lets string together a few solid, incident free seasons before tinkering with the product…
August 23rd 2012 @ 7:50pm
MV Dave said | August 23rd 2012 @ 7:50pm | Report comment
Ok so with Gacia it will be 4-1 to MV in the Derby instead of 4-0!
August 23rd 2012 @ 8:20pm
Stevo said | August 23rd 2012 @ 8:20pm | Report comment
LOL, you’re talking about fantasy football not reality!