The Barça closed yesterday the departure of goalkeeper Iñaki Peña to Galatasaray, in which he will play as loaned without purchase option until the end of the season. The man from Alicante arrived in Istanbul on Sunday and will now seek to fight for ownership under the orders of coach Domènec Torrent, the main supporter of his arrival. Galatasaray will pay Iñaki Peña’s file until June 30.
With this movement in the goal, Arnau Tenas will become Barça’s third goalkeeper and will complete the list of goalkeepers along with Ter Stegen and Neto. Tenas, de 20 years and in the youth categories of the Barça club since 2010, he is a regular player in first team training and this season he has already made six calls, two with Ronald Koeman and four with Xavi Hernández. In addition it is also Under-21 international with Spain, a sample of its high level. Has contract until 2023 with two more renewable years. In the club they have full confidence in Arnau Tenas to be the future goalkeeper of the first team and this season he started as the starter at Barça B. However, the goalkeeper suffered a crack in his right foot that kept him out for more than a month and he has only been able to play nine games.
Álex Ruiz takes Peña’s token
Confirmed the goodbye of Iñaki Peña, Barça announced that his number ’13’ in the subsidiary will be carried by Álex Ruiz, 20 years old, who had not been able to be registered at the beginning of the course and who has been training the entire course under the orders of Sergi Barjuan.
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