Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Friday, May 30, 2025, 13:10 / Updated Friday, May 30, 2025 13:10
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (33 years old) has a contract with Barcelona until 2028, but the club management believes that, after the serious injury he suffered, it is time to take a new goalkeeper. This would be Joan Garcia, from Espanyol.
The announcement was made by the radio station Catalunya 1 and viralized quickly. The President of Barcelona, Joan Laporta, put on the holder, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, on the transfer list!
Laport told his colleagues from the Board of Directors that he is confident that Joan García, the emptyer of the local rival Espanyol, will accept the offer of Barcelona, and under these conditions, the separation of Ter Stegen would be the next step.
Barcelona wants to transfer and make number 1 on Espanyol's Espanyol
The German has been intangible in Barça in the last decade, but the club believes that it is no longer indispensable. Therefore, the plan of Barcelona is not to transfer and borrow Joan García, but to make him number one in the next season!
Wojciech Szczesny would be the number 2, the Polish being already notified that he could receive a renewal OO if the purchase of Garcia and the departure of Ter Stegen is resolved. Espanyol's talented goalkeeper also has offers from Arsenal, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Newcastle United, but he wants to defend. At “Tunari” and Real, for example, there are unwavering holders: David Raya, respectively Thibaut Courtois.
This could be the great asset of Barcelona, the fact that it is willing to make room directly in the first eleven! On the financial side, Garcia's price is not a problem for any of the suitors for his services: 25 million euros.
The future of Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, in danger
Ter Stegen? The German performance has decreased in recent years. And the third operation he suffered last fall at the right knee was a black ball at the general analysis of the lot, carried out by the Barcelona Sports Commission.
RAC 1: “The decision of his sale has already been taken. Joan García is an opportunity on the market, and Barça follows him despite the fact that the white-blue goalkeeper has so many offers.” The only big question mark in this matter is what will happen if Spain's new champion fails to bring García.
The credibility and morale of Ter Stegen would be severely affected, at a time when he was nominated the number 1 at the German national, after the withdrawal of Manuel Neuer. An eventual regress would be disastrous before the 2026 World Cup in the US.
