GIRONA, Spain (AP) – Marc-Andre ter Stegen will represent a club other than Barcelona for the first time in 12 years, heading to Girona on loan for the remainder of the season.
Ter Stegen’s transfer may increase his chances of becoming Germany’s starting goalkeeper. world cup Injuries have limited him to just a handful of games over the past 15 months.
This season he has only played once for Barcelona, and that was Third division match against Guadalajara This comes after coach Hansi Flick opted to continue using João Garcia as his first-choice goalkeeper in last month’s Copa del Rey.
The move to Girona is the latest development in a season that began with 33-year-old Ter Stegen. standoff Negotiations with Barcelona over the medical certificate the club asked him to sign in order to free up space in the salary cap.
Ter Stegen has been at Barcelona since joining in 2014 from his boyhood club Borussia Mönchengladbach. He has won six Spanish league titles and one Champions League with Barcelona.
He is likely to start at Girona ahead of Argentina goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga.
While Ter Stegen was out with an injury, Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann started Oliver Bauman in all of Germany’s final six games to qualify for the World Cup. Baumann had a strong season at club level, captaining Hoffenheim to an unexpected third place in the Bundesliga.
This is not the first time the World Cup has affected Girona’s goalkeeping situation this season. Last month, coach Michel announced that substitute Dominik Livaković had refused to play. I wanted to leave This is so that he can be guaranteed more playing time for other clubs to represent Croatia at the World Cup.
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