The Barça market has moved before the winter window opened due to the serious injury of Marc ter Stegen. Arrive Wojciech Szczesny to have more experience though Iñaki Peña He has earned to continue being the starter. Looking ahead to summer, decorationBarça sports director, has clear plans and there the German continues to be number one for when he is recovered. The option of Diogo CostaPorto’s goal, is not on the table. The same goes for Jonathan Tahcentral Bayer Leverkusenwhich is free in June. It was interesting in the summer but now the situation of the Barcelona defense has changed. This is how he expresses it decoration in a part interview Sports World.
Ter Stegen is injured. Should we look at the market to replace him in the summer?
No. Marc still has three years on his contract, he is young for a goalkeeper, 32 years old, and we must focus on him recovering well and returning well. Therefore, having two goalkeepers who give us guarantees is important, so as not to be in a hurry for him to return. We are analyzing it little by little, I don’t think it is something we have to consider now.
Did Szczesny tell you if he just wanted to play one more year?
He hasn’t played yet. The first thing he came is to provide balance, competitiveness, he is a person that the locker room is quite fond of, he has come with a positive spirit and that is important for a locker room dynamic. We are happy with what he is doing. The decision to play will always be the coach’s, but I think competitiveness in the squad is important. What we want with Szczesny is for Iñaki and him to be fighting to play and for the two to be working and respecting each other.
A club you love is Porto. There is also a great goalkeeper there like Diogo Costa. Does it fit into Barça’s parameters?
First he doesn’t come in because we have Ter Stegen. I don’t see any goalkeeper right now because when Marc is well we won’t sign anyone for him. Also, if I am Diogo I don’t know if I would come to Barcelona to be a substitute. We are not considering signing him and if I were in his place I would want to go to a club where I knew I was going to play. We are happy with the goalkeepers we have today. I wish him luck and, first of all, that he wins with Porto.
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In the summer, at the last minute, an attempt was made to sign Jonathan Tah. When his contract ends in 2025, is he one of the players that Barça is going to bet on?
The dynamics in a squad change. There are times when you think one thing because the need generates it, but then, during the season, things happen because in football a year, although it seems like a short time, is a lot. In this case we are not planning any signings now. We have Araujo, who will return, Christensen, Eric, Cubarsí and Iñigo. There will come a time when we will plan what we are going to do in the future but now we will not make a decision. At the time we went for him because Bernal’s injury meant that Eric, a center back, came up to play as a pivot since we had almost none. Casadó was more of an ‘8’ than a ‘6’, Gavi had not returned from his injury and all this conditioned a decision at the moment. But the decisions of the moment, if they can’t be made, it’s not that you have to make them next year. The dynamics change and today we are happy with what we have.
Deco, Barça sports director
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