Eric Garcia was "all tied up," they said, but somehow he escaped. "Garcia: OK," Barcelona said. "Garcia: now," they said. "Garcia: done," they said. A bit like they had said, "Neymar: OK," "Neymar: now," and "Neymar: done." The Brazilian had been coming pretty much every day for months, right up to the day when he didn't. And then, they said, he was still coming. The window shut, but they didn't shut up; they carried on regardless.
They'd said Lautaro Martinez was coming, too. You might have noticed that he didn't, either.