Ter Stegen was looking for a club where he could have minutes ahead of the World Cup because Joan García is the undisputed starter for Barcelona.
Girona.- The Barcelona’s German goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen will play on loan at Girona until the end of this season, as both teams made official this Tuesday night.
Ter Stegen (1992), already recovered from the back injury that kept him off the playing fields during the first part of the season, I was looking for a club where I could have minutes for the World Cup because Joan García is the undisputed starter for Hansi Flick.
The Barça captain, with a contract at the Camp Nou until 2028, was a substitute for the Catalan goalkeeper even in the King’s Cup match on Thursday of last week at the Racing Santander field (0-2).
In turn, the Barça He saves a small part of his high salary and Girona finds a goalkeeper to cover the goodbye of Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic, who has been at the exit door for weeks because he wants to leave the club without making his debut so he can go to another team to prepare with guarantees. World Cup also.
The question is whether the coach Míchel Sánchez will now take the step of sitting Paulo Gazzaniga, on portero titularto give ownership to Ter Stegen. He did not do it last season with Pau López or this season with Livakovic: the two arrived on loan from Marseille and Fenerbahçe and decided to leave midway through the season because they did not have minutes. The Croatian goalkeeper’s situation should also be resolved in the next few hours or days.
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Gazzaniga has been one of the most notable names in the bad first round of the Gironabut he has been growing and improving like the rest of the squad and Michel He has been reiterating his confidence in the Argentine.
Ter Stegen arrives at Montilivi after a season and a half marked by a rupture of the patellar tendon and a back injury, with only ten games in total, but with the label of international-class goalkeeper and with the endorsement of 423 games with the shirt of the Barçasince his signing in 2014 from Borussia Mönchengladbach.
He has also played 44 games for the German national team and his arrival at Montilivi is largely explained by the need to have minutes to be a starter in next summer’s World Cup.
The statement of Girona ensures that Ter Stegen He is “among the most valued goalkeepers on the world football scene” for his performance and his record, with a UEFA Champions League, six League titles and six Copa del Rey, and he stands out for his “excellent command of the game with his feet” and also for his quick reflexes and his confidence in short distances.
The text claims that he is a “modern” and “complete” goalkeeper with “personality” and “leadership.”
It is the third addition to Míchel’s team in this winter market after the young Argentine attacker Claudio Echeverri, on loan from Manchester Cityand the midfielder Fran Beltrán, signed from Celta Vigo this Tuesday too.
EFE
