Marc-Andre ter Stegen: Barcelona’s transfer stance ‘becomes clear’ after Julian Nagelsmann admission

Marc-Andre ter Stegen is more and more more likely to go away Barcelona within the January switch window, in response to a number of reviews.

The 33-year-old is but to play for the Catalan giants this season after present process a again operation in the summertime, however he has now returned coaching and is eyeing up a much-anticipated first-team comeback within the not too distant future.

Ter Stegen has made a complete of 422 appearances for Barcelona throughout all competitions since becoming a member of the membership from Borussia Monchengladbach in 2014, however he has solely featured 9 instances for the reason that finish of the 2023-24 marketing campaign as a result of harm.

The Germany worldwide, who was sidelined with a severe knee harm between September 2024 and April 2025, has now misplaced his spot as Barca’s first-choice shot-stopper to new arrival Joan Garcia.

Garcia himself has had his personal harm issues this time period, lacking 9 matches with a knee issues, with 35-year-old Wojciech Szczesny filling in between the sticks in his absence.

Ter Stegen’s Barca departure seen as a ‘strategic alternative’

Ter Stegen is underneath contract at Camp Nou till June 2028 and is believed to be decided to win again his beginning spot underneath head coach and compatriot Hansi Flick.

Nevertheless, Spanish information outlet madrid-barcelona.com claims that Ter Stegen has now accepted that he might want to go away Barcelona in January and achieve common recreation time elsewhere if he needs to drive his means into Germany’s nationwide staff for the 2026 World Cup.

Ter Stegen’s entourage is alleged to already be engaged on ‘a number of situations’, whereas Barcelona have made their intentions clear that the goalkeeper can go away on a free switch if he provides up the wage he’s nonetheless owed.

It’s claimed that Ter Stegen’s departure is considered by Barca as a ‘strategic alternative’ and this answer would please all events, placing the Catalan giants in a stronger monetary place forward of the summer time.

In the meantime, journalist Fabrizio Romano has claimed that curiosity in Ter Stegen is rising, with a number of golf equipment retaining tabs on his state of affairs forward of the January window.

Nagelsmann “assured” golf equipment will transfer for Ter Stegen in January

Hypothesis over Ter Stegen’s future has intensified since Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann expressed his confidence over the goalkeeper sealing a transfer to a brand new membership.

Chatting with reporters in November, Nagelsmann mentioned: “Now we have to see how wholesome he’s, how match he’s. He’s again in coaching now. We even have to take a look at it from a membership’s perspective. It’s clear that there have to be some membership that, clearly, isn’t very pleased with their goalkeeper within the winter switch window.

“In any other case, you don’t normally signal a top-quality goalkeeper, and the state of affairs isn’t simple, however I’m assured that some membership will make a transfer, as a result of Marc is an excellent goalkeeper, and now he’s wholesome once more. We’ll see; I can’t affect that.

“We’re all blissful he’s wholesome, and we hope he turns into the beginning goalkeeper for a membership, after which we’ll proceed with the plan as we had envisioned. If that doesn’t occur, we’ll should proceed reflecting on the much-discussed goalkeeper state of affairs.”

“He is our No.1 if he is match and if he is No.1 at his membership,” Nagelsmann added. “If he returns to being his membership’s first-choice goalkeeper, he can definitely be our first-choice goalkeeper, as a result of he deserves it, however the vital situations have to be met, similar to every other participant.”

It has beforehand been reported that Turkish giants Besiktas have made a proposal to signal Ter Stegen, who has additionally been linked with Galatasaray, Chelsea and Manchester United.