The season is still far from over that already plans the next one. Pending its final results, its course in the Champions League and the envelope it will have this summer, there is a file that FC Barcelona is already certain to open, it is that of goalkeepers. This is the consequence of an exercise far from rest for this position essential to the philosophy of play Blaugrana. Hansi Flick started with Marc-André Ter Stegen before the serious injury of the latter, then Iñaki Peña took over for four months, and to see Wojciech Szczesny, out of his retirement, chew the place of holder, not without a few errors.
The takeover of the Polish veteran is not done in the sweetness elsewhere. The 25 -year -old Spanish porter does not experience his downgrading well, and how the coach managed this situation. On the other hand, he ensures that he is ready in the event of a defection of his competitor or an injury. It is Szczesny who plays the title role in this article. The latter arrives at the end of the contract next June and does not yet know if he will extend his freelance. FC Barcelona wishes to see it staying for another season but reserves the last word for the German technician. His decision will imply others, namely the identity of other goalkeepers.
Szczesny, the keystone of the backrest
In the event that the former Juventus prolongs the adventure, the Cups are looking for an outing position in Peña, especially since his contract ends in June 2026. The next transfer window will be the last shooting window to sell it at a good price, he who is trained at the club. This would also give Ter Stegen time to come back cautiously to competition, he whose return is not planned before this summer. The two doors would coexist for a season, to leave the keys the following year to the German already 32 years old. You will understand, it is also the unknown of this equation. Will the international find his level before injury?
At his age and after such a long unavailability, doubt is necessarily allowed, while it is still linked to Barça until 2028. There is therefore another scenario, that where Szczesny would not extend. It would then be necessary to recruit so as not to leave the other two alone with their share of uncertainties. After Mundo Deportivothis hypothesis is already on the table and guardian profiles are being studied. Ideally, the management would target a young but already seasoned element, particularly strong in the air field, therefore large, and in its game on the foot. She would like to enlist a long -term holder, as was the case during the recruitment of Ter Stegen in 2014.
Two names emerge for the future
You should not be mistaken because it will necessarily cost expensive. This is one of the difficulties in this file, buying without it ending the club's finances too much, and that the salary enters the nails of financial fair play. MD Already quotes two names as potential successor to the current ramparts. The best choice in the eyes of Barça is that of Giorgi Mamardashvili (24 years old) but the latter was already bought by Liverpool last year (€ 30 million), who left him on loan in Valence for the season. His recruitment promises to be impossible or almost. Joan García (23) is the second option, he who became a holder in the middle of the last season at Espanyol.
Estimated at € 10 million according to Transfermarkthe mainly has in his contract (2028) of a release clause of € 30 million. A largely affordable price provided you find your number 1 for a few years … But this time, it will be necessary to convince the supporters to bring them the goalkeeper of the neighbor Honni. In history, recent, transfers between the two clubs are almost non -existent. You have to go back to the 90s and 2000s to find the trace. There was the case Martin Braithwaite in the summer of 2023 but the Danish had previously terminated with Barça, before signing with the Pericos. European competitors, Arsenal in mind, could benefit from it.
