The hero is old! Special Lion fights with Barcelona not a wise choice. It is difficult to replicate the successful scene of forcing the palace to be forced to be 9 years ago

In the early morning of June 18, Christian Falk, editor-in-chief of German media "Photo" and Tobias Altschäffl, deputy editor-in-chief, exclusively deciphered the transfer story of Barcelona captain Ter Stegen. According to them, although Barcelona has signed Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcia, what the picture can reveal is that Ter Stegen wants to stay at Camp Nou and is willing to accept the challenge. However, for the 33-year-old German goalkeeper, fighting against Barcelona is not a wise choice.

Telstegen, born in April 1992, joined Barcelona as early as the summer of 2017 and has played for 11 seasons at the Camp Nou. He is the oldest player in this Barcelona team. In the first two seasons, Barcelona chose to let Ter Stegen share playing time with Chilean goalkeeper Bravo, but the Lions were unwilling to accept this arrangement and forced Barcelona to present in the summer of 2016, demanding a 2-choice 1 between him and Bravo. If Barcelona chooses Bravo, he will ask to leave the team. In the end, Barcelona left Ter Stegen and sent Bravo to Manchester City, and the Little Lion also played as the main player.

It may be the success of the forced slaughter nine years ago, which gave Ter Stegen an illusion that as long as he persists, Barcelona will still compromise and arrange for him to continue playing as the main player. But this time, Ter Stegen may have been wrong, because in Barcelona's eyes, he is already a hero, and even if he fights, it doesn't make much sense.

Take last season as an example. Ter Stegen suffered a serious knee injury shortly after the start of the game and was on the verge of reimbursement. As the transfer window was closed, Barcelona was forced to extend an olive branch to the retired Polish national goalkeeper Szczesny and persuade him to come back to put out the fire. The latter also performed well and became one of the biggest contributors to Barcelona's victory in La Liga, Spanish Super League and Spanish King's Cup and the Champions League semi-finals.

By the way, after Ter Stegen came back, he asked to replace Szczesny in the Champions League, but was rejected by Barcelona senior manager and coach Frick. They still trusted Polish goalkeepers in key matches in the Champions League, La Liga and the Copa del Rey, while the Little Lion only played 2 games in La Liga, one was against Valladolid, who had been relegated to the relegation in the 34th round, and the other was the 37th round of home loss to Villarreal. However, before that game, Barcelona had already won the championship ahead of schedule.

From the neglect of last season to the targeted signings today, Barcelona's intention to change his life in the goalkeeper position is self-evident. The Little Lion needs to understand one thing. Real Madrid can let Courtois replace Lunin in the Champions League final, while Barcelona ignores his request and continues to reuse Szczesny. The only reason is that he feels that he is too naughty and is even worse than Szczesny, who has announced his retirement and is ready to enjoy his life.

It is a bit disrespectful to evaluate a goalkeeper who has played for Barcelona for 11 seasons, but this is also a fact. Since Ter Stegen became the main goalkeeper in the 2016/17 season, Barcelona's best record in the Champions League was the semi-finals of 2018/19, but that season Barcelona suffered a shocking reversal from Liverpool in the semi-finals, and Ter Stegen was to blame. In addition, the quarterfinals of 2019/20 defeated Bayern 2-8 and the 2020/21 Champions League quarterfinals defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1-4 at home. In the next two seasons, the Champions League group was eliminated and they had to play in the UEFA Cup. In the 2023/24 season, Barcelona once again defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1-4 at home and missed the semi-finals, and Ter Stegen was the main goalkeeper. But last season, he was seriously injured. Barcelona won the local triple crown and reached the Champions League semi-finals. This is a typical example of winning is not scary, and it is embarrassing to anyone who lacks it.

In the national team, Ter Stegen is also at an absolute disadvantage in the competition with Neuer. He is now able to serve as the main goalkeeper because the latter announced his withdrawal from the national team after last year's European Cup. In other words, the Little Lions survived Neuer purely by relying on his age advantage, not by gaining power. If you don’t hesitate to sit on the bench and fight against Barcelona to the end, the German main goalkeeper who finally got on the position of the position of the team must also give in, which is really not worth the loss.