Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen has been coaching on his personal because the membership’s return to preseason on Sunday amid continued uncertainty over his future.
Barça’s gamers underwent medical checks on Sunday earlier than Hansi Flick held the primary staff session on Monday, with the membership informing that Ter Stegen skilled alone within the gymnasium.
The German worldwide was once more not concerned with the group in both of the 2 classes on Tuesday, the membership mentioned.
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Barça fly to Asia subsequent week for preseason friendlies in Japan and South Korea and a supply advised ESPN it’s at the moment undecided whether or not Ter Stegen will journey with the squad.
Ter Stegen, 33, joined Barça in 2014 and has been the membership’s outright No.1 since 2016, when Claudio Bravo was transferred to Manchester City.
Nevertheless, he has fallen down the pecking order this summer season after the signing of Joan García from Espanyol for €25 million.
Sources have advised ESPN the membership have invited Ter Stegen to go away, however he has to this point expressed a want to remain.
The membership hope he may change his stance as soon as it turns into clear he will not play as a result of he wants common soccer forward of subsequent summer season’s World Cup, the place he hopes to be Germany’s No.1.
Barça’s plan is for García to be backed up by Wojciech Szczęsny, who lately penned a brand new two yr contract with the membership.
Szczęsny got here out of retirement final summer season to signal for Barça when Ter Stegen suffered a severe knee damage on the finish of September.
Ter Stegen returned for the ultimate weeks of the season, making two appearances, however Szczęsny stored his place for the necessary video games.
García and Szczęsny have each been concerned in Barça’s classes this week, as has Iñaki Peña.
Peña was beforehand No. 2 to Ter Stegen and initially took his place within the staff final season earlier than being ousted by Szczęsny.
Sources have confirmed Peña is open to a brand new problem away from Barça as he pursues common soccer.
