Per body: The Lionel has not given up, he hopes to stay at Barcelona and fight for the starting position

Hupu News on October 16 Ter Stegen continues his recovery process. It is understood that he has started working in the gym and doing cycling training to strengthen his right knee. He has been experiencing a nightmare since a serious injury in September 2024, when a torn ligament kept him out for almost the entire season. He underwent surgery in July to resolve a back problem, leaving his future at Barcelona uncertain.

Due to injuries and the club’s signing of Garcia, it is expected that Ter Stegen will become a substitute after recovering. Even with the future of the German goalkeeper still unresolved, the club extended Szczesny's contract. Therefore, once Ter Stegen returns from injury, the club will have three goalkeepers. Despite this, he has not given up. He hopes to stay at the club and fight for the starting position to ensure that he can become Germany's number one goalkeeper in the 2026 World Cup. The goalkeeper, who has lived in Neuer's shadow for years and has been constantly questioned at home, now has Nagelsmann's trust. "If he is healthy, Ter Stegen will be our number one goalkeeper," the Germany coach said.

The next thing to see is what kind of solution can be found between Ter Stegen and the club management in January. The fact is that although Ter Stegen has the intention to stay in the team, if he wants to participate in his first World Cup as the main force, he needs to get stable playing time, which is difficult to guarantee at the Catalan club. In addition, his high salary and the scarcity of goalkeeper vacancies in Europe's major clubs make the prospect of a solution satisfactory to all parties difficult.