Barça will sign a goalkeeper if Ter Stegen delays in returning

Pending the cascade of incorporations have been arriving (Agüero, Eric, Emerson, who knows if Depay), the renewal of Messi and sales, An issue is passing on tiptoe at Barça today and it is the reality of the goal, where there is an obligatory reflection this summer, forced by the operation of Marc-André Ter Stegen.

The intervention of the German has the Barça technicians on alert. We must closely monitor the rehabilitation of the goalkeeper, who is recovering from an operation on the patellar tendon in the right knee, an old injury that limited him a lot at the end of the championship, which has conditioned him in recent years; and that has weighed down Barça. When he is not one hundred percent, Ter Stegen is very vulnerable.

At the moment, the Barça is handled in the scene of the normality. That is, Neto, so far the team's second goalkeeper, will leave. He has asked for it and if he brings a good offer (Everton sounds) he will leave the club because the economy also demands it. The first option of the technicians, then, is to give confidence to Iñaki Peña as second goalkeeper. Another thing is that Ter Stegen does not emit good signals during the preseason, since LaLiga is not guaranteed to start. It was operated on May 20 and the minimum estimated time of withdrawal is two and a half months.

Barça know that it would be time to activate plan B and sign a goalkeeper. He already received Donnarumma's offer, heading to PSG, but there is more. If Ter Stegen does not offer signs of full recovery, Barça would be obliged to sign a goalkeeper with certain guarantees. Somewhat surprising names have sounded like Rui Silva or Masip, but it is clear that, if they need it and it becomes public that Barça is looking for a goalkeeper, the offers will rain.

The fact is that Barça's goal, a position that was exceptionally covered between 2014 and 2019 with the Ter Stegen-Bravo duo and, later, with Ter Stegen-Cillessen, has been less. The substitute, Neto, wants to go. The owner, who also wants to play always, lives under a sword of Damocles with a knee injury, very dangerous for a goalkeeper. A reflection is required in the goal.