“For the goalkeeper, it is essential to stay in Catalonia.”, — write: football.ua
For the goalkeeper, it is essential to stay in Catalonia.
Marc-André ter Stegen, Getty Images December 31, 2025, 09:47
And with the 33-year-old performer still hoping to go to the 2026 World Cup as part of the national team, it is critical for him to spend as much time as possible on the football pitch, rather than 90 minutes, as in the first part of the current campaign.
Meanwhile, the “Blaugranas” are unlikely to be able to satisfy this need for their own footballer, since the team of Hans-Dieter Flick already has the main goalkeeper – the Spaniard Joan Garcia.
That is why the winter transfer window is an excellent opportunity for a player to change the working atmosphere.
However, ter Stegen himself rejected options with “exotics” in the form of Turkey or even long trips such as moving to the EPL in favor of staying as close as possible to Barcelona.
Because of this, the option with a lease to Girona currently remains the only likely development of events.
All that remains is to agree on the conditions, and here Barca is ready to make concessions in the form of payment of 75% of the goalkeeper’s salary, while the “red and whites” will take over the rest.