1 - Marc-Andre ter Ansplant

Yannik

Senior Member
All the good teams have GKs already imo. No decent place where he can consistently play the CL.

Doesn't necessarily have to be CL. Liverpool is good enough for 2 years. He's willing to downgrade for playing time, so why would he be against not playing CL for some time?
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
It's not just about ter Stegen.

Recently we're being more and more linked with players pushing 30. There's a life after Messi too, so we need to think long-term and build a team too. Not much of that happening right now.

God knows whether we're even gonna sign the mythical young CB this summer.
 
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Flavia

Guest
Doesn't necessarily have to be CL. Liverpool is good enough for 2 years. He's willing to downgrade for playing time, so why would he be against not playing CL for some time?

If he's in the market, I can see Pep signing him for city.
 

Yannik

Senior Member
If he's in the market, I can see Pep signing him for city.

I don't think that's that necessary. Hart is a lot better than people give him credit for, and on similar levels of MatS. But Pep might still want MatS instead, because of Pep-reasons.
It would probably also mean that Hart has to leave, because Ter Stegen would not want to stumble into another tandem.
 
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Darko

New member
Loaning him out/selling with a buyback could be fine if he really is that unhappy. But we just can't lose the best young player in his position(not to mention a perfect fit for Barca), it would be like selling Ronaldo all over again (except this our club isn't in shambles).
 

serghei

Senior Member
We can't lose him. It's sort of like losing the Neymar of goalkeeping. I hate the fact that he's pressuring the club though. Understand it, but still hate it.
 

BigBarcaBoy

Active member
Mats is.a very good keeper but people are getting a bit carried away about how good, bravo is still the better all round keeper for me.
 

khaled_a_d

Senior Member
We can't lose him. It's sort of like losing the Neymar of goalkeeping. I hate the fact that he's pressuring the club though. Understand it, but still hate it.

Hmmmm,No .
MATS isn't by any mean Neymar of GK in any sort .Neymar right now is undeniably the best player of his generation . probably a once in "football generation" type of talent .
MATS is good,really good .but no neutral would put him above players of same generation like Courtois or De Gea .
While I didn't like [MENTION=16942]BBZ8800[/MENTION] post ,his comparison to losing him to losing Thiago is way more accurate than this "Neymar of GK" one .we would be losing a young start GK .but not a generational one
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
Hmmmm,No .
MATS isn't by any mean Neymar of GK in any sort .Neymar right now is undeniably the best player of his generation . probably a once in "football generation" type of talent .
MATS is good,really good .but no neutral would put him above players of same generation like Courtois or De Gea .
While I didn't like @BBZ8800 post ,his comparison to losing him to losing Thiago is way more accurate than this "Neymar of GK" one .we would be losing a young start GK .but not a generational one

Thiago was replaced because we already had players in his position. System changed a bit with Lucho too. The Thiago or Bartra comparisons are rubbish.

Who will you replace ter Stegen with that is equally as skilled as him to play for Barca? That's not to say he's the goalkeeping Neymar of this generation either though, as there's a 3-4 other really good GKs at his age, although they have different skill sets and already play for a big club.

But back to topic.

Can you suggest a GK like that, that also won't cost a lot of money either? You see, that's the issue with @BBZ8800 's constant comparisons and strange percentages of how Football works. He dishes those figures out, but never talks about possible solutions.

And to be honest, ter Stegen isn't all wrong either. Look at every single GK at his age and how many games they play every season. It's always 30+ games, while MAtS plays 25 if we make it all the way to the cup finals.

For him personally, it's not really the best way to develop as a player.
 
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Flavia

Guest
Hmmmm,No .
MATS isn't by any mean Neymar of GK in any sort .Neymar right now is undeniably the best player of his generation . probably a once in "football generation" type of talent .
MATS is good,really good .but no neutral would put him above players of same generation like Courtois or De Gea .
While I didn't like @BBZ8800 post ,his comparison to losing him to losing Thiago is way more accurate than this "Neymar of GK" one .we would be losing a young start GK .but not a generational one

That remains to be seen. He could turn out to be that, or not.
 

God Serena

New member
We can't lose him. It's sort of like losing the Neymar of goalkeeping. I hate the fact that he's pressuring the club though. Understand it, but still hate it.

That's a rather dramatic change of opinion for you. You do realize keeping him will most likely lead to age discrimination (Your words), right?
 

God Serena

New member
You would have left the greatest club in the world on the verge of make to cup final runs? I don't think many others would have done the same.

If it meant I could play consistently, yes. Adriano is one of the most successful players in history, trophy-wise, but he's not having much fun out on the pitch, considering he's rarely out there.
 

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