What was the source of the letter?
Great flair player, but it was a shame he ran hot and cold so much 
Good luck at your new club lad!
I've never bought into the opinion that Garcia was an inconsistant player - I really don't think he was.
Throughout his career at Anfield he was asked to cover many positions, attacking midfield all across, left midfield, right midfield, in the hole, up front. He was often used as a utility player in many various positions, and this did not always make the best out of his attributes.
A second point is that we've had an ever-changing squad since he arrived, and a lot of injuries too. He's probably played a lot of games in which, had other players been fit, he would not have appeared.
What i'm trying to say is that on European nights, or against high quality footballing sides, he'd have been in my first eleven any day, and you think back to Garcia's great performances, and, but for the herioc hobble through the Merseyside derby, they all came against top sides, or in crucial games in terms of what the result meant (although I guess the derby counts there too). Garcia came up with the goods more often than not in these games, and in that sense was a reliable player. Consistant.
On the other hand, Luis was often asked to play when we had injuries, and/or a lack of depth, whether it be covering for Kewell, Nunez, Ciise, Gerrard, etc, he's been called upon in a lot of games to step in and do a job. Unfortunately, we do have to play the Bolton's, Portsmouth's, Boro's of this world, and in my opinion it was poor performances (not for lack of effort might I add) in these matches, against tough, organised, physical opposition, that brought upon Luis Garcia this 'inconsistant' label. But then surely anyone could see, away at Bolton, that Luis was gonna get no time on the ball, was gonna get floored about 7 times, and was only in the side covering for ____?
Surely the fact that it was very easy to predict days when Garcia would shine, or otherwise, should rubbish this suggestion that Luis Garcia was an inconsistant footballer? Fair enough, if we played him in every game of the season, then it'd look that way, but then I think the same could be said of many players (Crouch and Sissoko possibly being good examples).
In my eyes Luis was never an inconsistant player, and was largely dependable and reliable. If we'd had a bigger squad in past seasons, then Garcia may have started 10 less games, but he'd have been recognised a damn lot more across Europe as one of the finest attacking midfields on the continent. Simao, Kaka, Xavi, et al, are all excellent footballers - but have they ever played away at Bolton, or at Goodison?
Aside from the above, Luis Garcia has once again proved what a top bloke he is. I don't know whether or not he knew, at Anfield against Charlton, during the lap of honour, that he would be leaving to head to Madrid - we certainly didn't know he was on his way. Either way, despite many frustrations, Luis did know of the bond he had with the fans, and he'd have reminded himself this as he walked the pitch that day, whether his thoughts were with Robbie and Jerzy, or if he had his own goodbyes in his head, he knew, and knows he's special to us, and he'll be remembered for many, many years to come, as one of our best loved players of all time.
