FC Barcelona: big tensions at the goalkeeper post

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By: Manu Tournoux

Everything is for the best in Barcelona at the moment. Faced with Rayo Vallecano this Monday evening, Hansi Flick's troops will even have the opportunity to seize first place in the ranking of this Liga 24/25. Already qualified for the next round of the Champions League and also still in Race in Copa Del Rey with half -coming Atlético, the Blaugranas live a rather joyful period, and above all, with few controversies or risk of See all of this collapse.

But there is still a small subject to tension and controversy in the team, which concerns the goalkeeper position. After the serious injury of Marc-André Ter Stegen at the start of the season, the keys to the truck had been entrusted to Iñaki Peña. Wojciech Szczęsny had landed during the season, but the Spaniard had retained his place as a holder, until this little incident in early January, before the half of Spanish Super Cup against Athletic. Peña had arrived late for chat, and Flick had punished him by lining up the Pole, who has since become number 1.

Peña has it more and worse

As explained Readerin Barcelona, ​​everyone seeks to understand why Flick definitively dismissed Peña. This simple delay does not seem to be a sufficient reason, especially that other players have experienced similar adventures, like Jules Koundé, and quickly found the eleven holder. A situation which logically annoys Peña, and which surprises the world internally, since the Spanish porter was pretty good on the first part of the season. Or at least, he didn't make a task.

Some believe that to convince Szczęsny to get out of his retirement, the place of holder had been promised to him, and that Flick awaited the first error of Peña to offer his place to the former Arsenal and Juve. While neglecting an extension of his contract which expires in 2026, Peña is logically much less in a hurry than before signing a new lease with his training club, and it is a new headache looming on the horizon For Deco …