Barcelona’s hyperlinks with Joan Garcia got here fairly out of the blue, for a brand new goalkeeper was not rumoured to be on the membership’s agenda heading into the summer season switch window.
It would maybe by no means come to gentle if it was an thought in Hansi Flick’s thoughts for the summer season anyway or if the curiosity emerged given the contractual scenario and market place to line up for Garcia.
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In the long run, nonetheless, Barcelona are on the verge of signing .
What the developments imply, nonetheless, is that Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s time on the membership could be coming to an in depth and that he is not going to be the beginning goalkeeper subsequent season. In any case, Garcia is arriving with the only real intention of being the first-choice goalkeeper.
A sophisticated scenario
Provided that Ter Stegen solely not too long ago recovered from his knee damage and was making his manner again into the crew, the information got here as an enormous blow to the German star.
As relayed by , Barcelona will deal with the goalkeeper’s scenario with full respect and discretion.
What subsequent for Ter Stegen? (Photograph by Alex Caparros/Getty Photographs)
There might be an added layer of sensitivity as he is likely one of the longest-serving gamers and captains of the membership.
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Barça extremely respect Ter Stegen and all that he has given the membership through the years. On the identical time, nonetheless, they won’t hesitate to take a seat down and clarify the scenario to him as it’s with no hidden strings.
It’s clear that the administration noticed a change in aim to be a necessity of the hour and the message to Ter Stegen will thus be that his cycle has come to an finish.
Given his contractual scenario, he might be greater than welcome to remain and try and win his place again, as .
Nevertheless, that’s unlikely provided that it’s a FIFA World Cup yr and that Ter Stegen intends to be Germany’s #1 which is able to want him to play recurrently.