Barcelona seems to have been happy to have received the green light for a movement for goalkeeper Joan Garcia, who has a release clause of € 25 million at Rivals Espanyol. That seemed to be the hardest part of setting up a new number one, but the situation of Marc-Andre Ter Stegen is unlikely that it will make things easy.
Garcia has agreed to a five -year contract with Barcelona, and they are planning to activate his release clause next week. They succeeded in beating countless Premier League parties and various Italian giants to sign Garcia, but one of the guarantees that they had to give him to get a deal was that he would be the number one keeper.
It leaves them a difficult scenario about Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who would come back only a few weeks ago as a number one next season and captain the club, after a serious knee problem this season. Ter Stegen is one of the highest earners in the club and has left on his contract for three years. With Barcelona planning to also renew Wojciech Szczesny, they are ready to talk to Ter Stegen about the situation. The 33-year-old has assured two different occasions before the Garcia deal was closed and then that he will be in Barcelona next season.
Ter Stegen mentioned in both interviews that nobody from Barcelona had spoken with him, and Sport says that he is angry with how it was handled. As such, it is unlikely that it will make it easier for every exit to make it easier for Barcelona. Since it seems unlikely that many other parties will be willing to invest so much in his wages, this can be a special nettle problem if Barcelona wants to move Ter Stegen.