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Barcelona have been boosted by the return of goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen after the German was included in the squad for Wednesday’s Champions League game at home to Dynamo Kiev.
Ter Stegen, who signed a contract with the club until 2025 in October, has been out since undergoing knee surgery in August following his 8-2 humiliation against Bayern Munich in last season’s Champions League. .
The Catalan giants have suffered greatly in the absence of the 28-year-old number 1, having failed to win any of their last four LaLiga games, a streak that has included a damaging loss to Real Madrid at El Clásico.
Brazilian substitute Neto made a terrible mistake in Saturday’s 1-1 draw against Alavés, which left Barça in 12th place in the LaLiga standings and nine points behind the leader, Real Sociedad.
But now Koeman’s fears at the goalkeeper position have been alleviated with the return of the German international for the visit of the Ukrainian team.
However, Barcelona are off to a good start in the Champions League and will be looking to achieve three wins out of three when they host the Dynamo.
The positive news about Ter Stegen’s health condition comes a couple of days after reports in Spain claimed the club would seek to sell him to Bayern Munich to help ease its financial burden, despite his recent contract renewal.
Todo Transfers, through AS, claims that the Bundesliga giants see ter Stegen as an ideal replacement for Manuel Neuer, 34, with a fee of 72 million pounds (80 million euros).
But time is already running out for the board of the Catalan giants if they want to avoid a financial collapse, with the club even on the brink of bankruptcy, according to a report in Spain.
The club has set a November 5 deadline to agree on salary cuts so that this season’s budget can be announced, and the board expects players to agree to receive the same salaries but for a longer period of time.
This would reduce the financial burden on the club in the short term, but could come back to bite them in the long term, and ter Stegen is just one of four players who have accepted this so far.
Frenkie De Jong, Clement Lenglet and Gerard Piqué have also accepted the condition after joining ter Stegen to sign new deals at the Camp Nou last month.
Piqué’s new contract will see him remain at the club until June 2024, while central Lenglet and midfielder de Jong have been offered contracts until June 2026.
“These agreements have been reached after weeks of negotiations and include a temporary salary adjustment due to the current circumstances caused by the crisis induced by COVID-19,” Barça said in a statement last month.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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