Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen says he hopes to return to fitness before the end of the season in his first public comments since he suffered a serious knee injury.
The German shot stopper has set aside from September with a ruptured tendon of the patela that was held during Barcelona is a 5-1 victory over Villarreal. Ter Stegen had to be stretched out and subjected to surgery, which many believed would exclude him from the rest of the season.
Catalan giants were so concerned about the long -term absence of ter Stegen Introduced the goalkeeper of veteran Wojciech Szczesny from the pension. After playing the second puzzle of the Academy and Inaki Pena in the first half of the season, the 34-year-old promoted Hans Flick to the number one club.
However, Barcelona would still benefit from returning to ter Stegen – which could be before it was expected. The injured goalkeeper is a Congress for the Sports Club tomorrow, the injured goalkeeper asked if he would reappear this season. “We’ll see,” Ter Stegen offered. “I’m working on that.”
Flick revealed in February that his number one took a big step forward in his recovery. “He started training grass with a goalkeeper coach, that’s the first step,” the manager noted. “We are happy, he has recovered a lot, it’s on the right track.”
Even if TR Stegen returns to complete fitness, Barcelona is preparing for the future without a 32-year-old. Espanyo’s starlet Joan Garcia lived in the club long -term options between posts.
Unfortunately, for Barcelona, Arsenal and Manchester United are also interested in 23-year-olds.
Garcia recorded the best percentage of savings of any goalkeeper in Spain’s second division, helping Espanyol to win a promotion last season and continued to impress during his first full season of top flight football football. Getafe’s David Soria is the only one La Liga A better recorder than Garcia than Garcia compared to the actual number of goals accepted with what is expected to let go beside him.
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