Espanyol is upset, Ter Stegen is perplexed.

The first transfer course of Barcelona was the purchase of the goalkeeper of Espanyol Hoan Garcia. In the last year, this 24 -year -old goalkeeper has aroused interest from Arsenal, Newcasl, Aston Villa and a number of other English clubs. Surely expanding would even be happy with such a transition, because Barcelona became an alternative – a non -trivial way in the capital of Catalonia. The last time Igor Korneev, Igor Korneev, was moving directly directly from Espanyol to Barcelona in 1994. It happened seven years before the birth of Garcia.

The goalkeeper understood that a wave of hatred from the sworn enemies of Barcelona of Espanyol could cover it. Therefore, comments prudently closed on its social networks. But too much the temptation to remain in the usual city and the situation was too large, and also join the champions and the promising team.

Motivation of Barcelona

But why did the film Hanse need another goalkeeper? When the coach, together with the sports director, the team’s desk studied the needs of the team during the transfer period, this position did not increase the priority. Unless in some positions it does not require more depth and competition. Deco said that, first of all, for example, something should be done with dependence on refigni and Lamin Yamal, finding questionable suitable for them.

There is a need for an extreme defender. But this too is not a priority task. There are more long -term goals that are still in their heads. Of course, we are talking about the central attacker. Robert Lewandovsky turns 37 in the summer and a contract ends next year. In the same row, the goalkeeper’s question. He opened after the injury of the third shtten Marc Andre, who received last September, having left for several months. Maybe he cost the victory team in the Champions League.

The last time in Barcelona she was fought in a goalkeeper position nine years ago. So Ter Stegen was set as the main goalkeeper. Since then, Jasper Sillesen, No, Zordi Masip and recently intact, the stumps have served as a second violin. All the hopes of the stumps to burst into the initial formation evaporate when, after the injury of the third shtten, the club asked to return to Schell’s Wojiece, who had completed his career.

Ter Stegen managed to recover until the end of the season, he even played in a couple of games, but in Barcelona he had already thought about the search for a new goalkeeper at that time. However, it is not necessary for initial training.

Barcelona lost 39 goals in 38 games of La League last season. This is more than that of any other team in the first four. But it was in the Champions League that the importance of the elite goalkeeper became particularly evident. In 14 European puppies, Barcelona lost 24 goals. Including seven – in semifinals from Inter. Milan in the first meeting, which ended with a score of 3: 3, showed XG in the 0.84 region. In an response response won by Inter with a score of 4: 3, the indicator was approximately equal – 2.24 against 2.81 in favor of the Catalans. So the difference developed in saying Jan Zommer and Schell.

Of course, there is a nuance. It is that Barcelona plays with a very high and adventurous protection line that causes very difficult situations for goalkeepers in case of bankruptcy. However, in the subsequent stages of the tournaments, the number of parts increases. And the club considered that the improvement of the goalkeeper’s position could correct the part of the problems.

Garcia’s peculiarity

Garcia’s match attracted attention last season. According to most indicators, it was the best goalkeeper of the League. There have been separate pending performance, for example, the victory over Real Madrid (1: 0), two penalties reflect in the game with Malorca and so on. Not a single goalkeeper of the championship made more save (145) and only two had the best rate of salvation: 73.6 percent. This is Unai Simon by Athletics and Jan Cloud of Atletico. In Allegro, for example, it is 63.6 %, in the stump – 65.5 %.

Thanks to this, Garcia has become the best of the league for prevenience – 8.4. All the goalkeepers of Barcelona are very far from this. For nine seasons, Ter Stegen only once passed Garcia while the main goalkeeper has scored 9.15 points in the 2022/23 season. So the Catalans won the championship and did not lose in 26 games, repeating the record.

However, this does not mean that Garcia will surely achieve success in Barcelona. Also according to goalkeepers standards, it appeared relatively late at the highest levels. In Espanyol, Hoan became the first number just over a year ago – he helped the team to return to the elite and last season he was the first for him at the highest levels. By the way, a year ago, Arsenal showed interest in Garcia, but decided to stay in Espanyol.

But in Barcelona it will have a completely different job. And it is not a question of the number of saving as it is concentration and quality. Last season, on Espanyola’s goal, they beat 197 times. Only the Valkan district was tense more – 210 beats. But Barcelona has a minimum indicator: 112 beats. So here the price of each Sayv reaches a new level. You can bear the entire game, but you will have to save in the only episode of the key complex.

In addition, the Barcelona goalkeeper should not only save. The feet game is very important. And here the style of “Blaugrana” is not the same as that of Espanyol. Last season, Garcia showed only the 14th result of the accuracy of the gears (66.9 percent), while the stumps and the Cheesecakes took the first and second place with 87.5 %. Of course, this is largely due to the way these commands play, which programs are used. But this also says that Garcia has not shown itself in a different style.

However, in many other indicators, Garcia is very good. And this has not gone unnoticed. This is the reason why Barcelona did not hesitate and exploited the amount of compensation, which amounted to only 25 million euros. Espanyol installed him in 2023, and it was unlikely that they thought it would be less than the market after a couple of years.

What later?

At the moment, Barcelona has four goalkeepers: Garcia, Tue ShoTen, Schell and Pena. Sources report that the club is certainly waiting for the latter’s departure. At the same time, it is hoped that Screshny will accept a proposal for a new contract. Wojciech himself wants to wait and see how Ter Stegen will behave, so as not to become “the third extra”.

Mark-Andre’s position is not easy. There is already pressure, similar to what Frenki de Jong lived when they tried to “squeeze” him at Manchester United several years ago in the club. There are rumors about discontent and poor influence on the locker room as a captain and so on. Probably in Barcelona they would prefer to separate from the 33 -year -old goalkeeper, but Ter Stegen is sure that the first number can remain.

He wants to be the main goalkeeper of the German national team to the next world championship, so he really needs a practice. This can tighten it out of Catalonia. But Mark Andre believes in his strength. In addition, he was well stable in the city, this situation is familiar to him, he does not want to change it. And the contract is designed until 2028. Barcelona cannot easily break it in case of something.

They talk about the interest for him from Monaco, Galatasaray and Club of Saudi Arabia, but these options do not seduce the player. It will continue to fight. And he probably hopes that Garcia’s adaptation in the new game conditions is not perfect. In any case, it will be interesting to see the development of this competition.