FC Barcelona is going through one of the worst moments in its history at a sporting level. The construction of the squad is unbalanced, it has been losing quality year after year and those who should pull the car do not appear or are not at their best level. Such is the situation of the team that bad play and mistakes have reached the goal where Ter Stegen was one of the pillars that supported the team. The German goalkeeper has been the focus of criticism after the Munich game where he made mistakes inappropriate for him that ended up costing his team dearly.
That wall that saved goals and won games has not appeared for a long time and now it is a shadow of its best version, it has gone from hero to signaled. So much so that Ter Stegen is no longer an untouchable and more and more voices within the club are betting on selling the goalkeeper. Yes, Ter Stegen is having a disastrous season, he no longer provides reliability, but will Barcelona be able to find a goalkeeper in the market that improves the German’s performance?
With money, probably yes, but the Barça club’s room for maneuver is very limited and even making money for him they wouldn’t be able to sign a top goalkeeper like Ter Stegen, who despite his poor performance is among the top 10 in the world. For Barcelona it would be easier to try to get the German goal back to his best version than to sign a guaranteed goalkeeper.
A Barcelona in optimal conditions could change the goalkeeper without problems, but selling the German without first having a transfer of guarantees is a great risk that this Barça cannot take. The team may have received more goals than it has scored and defensively it is the worst in memory in the last decade but the market is complicated and it will be difficult for them to find a goalkeeper who offers guarantees. The cracks are tied and well tied, and Barcelona cannot spend the money it does not have on experimental goalkeepers whose performance in a great team is unknown.
Ter Stegen is on the tightrope and deserves a vote of confidence after all the years that he has supported the team with Leo Messi, but between now and the end of the season many things can happen and Barça should only consider his sale if his performance continues to plummet. Selling him for what he’s done this season would be a mistake. In the months ahead, you can once again be a reliable goalkeeper.
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