Los Angeles Galaxy definitely got a big reinforcement from Barcelona – Riqui Puig has arrived.Once the great hope of the club’s La Masia academy, in the meantime a player accused of being a “mole” who shares information from the dressing room with journalists, Riqui Puig continues his career in MLS even though he was once seen as one of the future pillars of the Catalan giants…Riqui Puig leaves Barcelona for LA Galaxy at just 22 years old 😯 pic.twitter.com/zasV87FZIe— GOAL (@goal) August 4, 2022 Yesterday he was greeted by the Hollywood bright lights, although the transfer is far from spectacular. Officially, Puig came to the LA club without a euro of compensation, since that is the agreement between the clubs. However, Barcelona insisted on inserting two important clauses as a substitute for compensation. The first is the right to buy the player back at a fixed price of 10 million euros, the alternative is that Barcelona receive 50 percent of the next sale, which is practically a substitute for compensation.Puig signed a contract for three and a half years, i.e. until the end of the calendar year 2025. He said goodbye to the club and his teammates even earlier since Xavi made it clear that he did not count on him and did not take him on the pre-season tour. Puig did not manage to find continuity under either Valverde, Setien, or Koeman, with whom he was declared a “mole”, which is precisely one of the reasons why Xavi did not see him as a serious candidate for the first team, but gave the chance to Gavi and Nico.##NAJAVA_MECA_6549116##Interestingly, Puig chose Los Angeles over other offers from Europe, specifically Spain. Before his arrival, Galaxy sold midfielder Rayan Raveloson to Auxerre for 1,750,000 euros, thus freeing up space for a foreigner.An unfortunate end at the Camp Nou stadium for another son of Barcelona…
