Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Monday, November 10, 2025, 10:14 p.m. / Updated Monday, November 10, 2025, 10:15 p.m.
Marc-Andre ter Stegen has returned to Barcelona training, but his medium-term future may not be in Catalonia. Julian Nagelsmann, the Germany coach, warned the goalkeeper of the Blaugrana group that it is time to change the team, if he still wants to catch the national team.
The 33-year-old goalkeeper is Barcelona's captain, but it will be difficult for him to get minutes given the competition from Hansi Flick's goalkeeper Joan Garcia. Well, on Monday, the German coach advised Ter Stegen to find a new club in January in order to play and be eligible for a call-up to the 2026 World Cup next summer.
Julian Nagelsmann, warning for Marc-Andre ter Stegen: “The winter transfer market is never easy”
“Yes, we spoke a bit on the phone last week. He is fine, and that is the most important thing now. The winter transfer market is never easy. I do not impose a condition that he plays at a top club, that is a matter of interpretation. What is a top club? For him, the important thing is that he is not 22 years old anymore, it is fundamental that he plays.
Whether it is a top European club or not is not the deciding factor. Of course he'd better play and do it well, but the first step is to play. I think there are still no news, the situation is not easy,” said Julian Nagelsmann, in a press conference, according to abola.pt.
Nagelsmann pointed out that the January transfer market is not usually easy: “We have to see what his health and form will be. Now he is back in training. Also, the situation from a club's point of view has to be looked at. It is clear that there will have to be a club that is obviously not very happy with their goalkeeper in the winter. Otherwise, you don't usually sign a top-class goalkeeper. It's not easy, but I have faith that a club will do it, because “Marc is a very good goalkeeper and now he's healthy again. We'll see, I can't influence that,” he said.
We are all happy that he has recovered and we hope he becomes a regular at a club. If that happens, we will follow the plan we have laid out. Otherwise, we will have to continue to ponder the much-discussed problem of goaltending
–Julian Nagelsmann
Marc-Andre ter Stegen has been Barcelona's goalkeeper since 2014. The German has only defended in his career at Borussia Monchengladbach. He has 422 matches in the Blaugrana shirt. With the German national team, he has 44 matches since his debut in 2012. ter Stegen was the second choice goalkeeper for Die Mannschaft until the retirement of Manuel Neuer. The German goalkeeper injured his back in June. The German is quoted by specialized websites at 8 million euros.
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The goalkeepers called up by Julian Nagelsmann for the action in November are Noah Atubolu, Oliver Baumann, Finn Dahmen and Alexander Nubel.
