1 - Marc-Andre ter Ansplant

[BorussiaBarcelona]

god this is so frustrating. Just ask him

will you join B-A-R-C-E-L-O-N-A ?

tie him up and force him for 3 hours to watch Chelsea playing football.

That will get the job done.

The interviewer tried this(not the Chelsea part) during the whole interview but MATS didn't react to it.

So all things said, he told:

- the new club will be announced within the next couple of weeks
- the new club will be one of the biggest clubs in the world
- he's already signed the contract with his new team
- he's not afraid of the possibility to fail and doesn't have any doubts about his perfomance at the new club
- no direct answer about Barca
- he not only speaks German and learned spanish, but also learned italien during his days in school

All things considered, I think the biggest thing holding it back is his new club and Gladbach manager Max Eberl(during an earlier interview) also said that there's a third party(new club) involved that won't allow him to announce it right now.

 

[Learo]

It is very worrying that they brought up his howlers. When was his last howler? He can not begin to cry if he makes a howler for us, or he will be chased out of the stadium.

 

[Chainsaw]

If everyone knows about it then it's no secret.

 

[Ursegor]

I read somewhere that the club wants to reveal it at the end of the season since the players could get distracted What they don't really notice is that everyone who follows Barca knows that Marc will join us. It annoys me.

Hilarious.

FC Barcelona uses "Official announcement: ter Stegen is joining Blaugrana."

It's super effective. Messi, Xavi, Iniesta are confused.

 

[FCBarca]

The appropriate/respectful manner to announce his signing is after Victor departs or states his new club...Club legends deserve to be given the utmost respect

 

[Alarcón]

It is very worrying that they brought up his howlers. When was his last howler? He can not begin to cry if he makes a howler for us, or he will be chased out of the stadium.

When exactly did he cry after a howler?

 

[Ryan_Cule]

I'm actually curious why they make such a secret out of it. It must be Barca shutting him up. I don't see a reason why he wouldn't reveal it by his own choice after the last game of the season. Valdes hasn't announced any club either.

Respect to Valdes. Nothing more.

 

[suckabov]

It is very worrying that they brought up his howlers. When was his last howler? He can not begin to cry if he makes a howler for us, or he will be chased out of the stadium.

He cried when Gladbach paid their tribute to him before his last home match, not after a howler.

 

[Learo]

He cried when Gladbach paid their tribute to him before his last home match, not after a howler.

Yes, I know. When was his last howler btw and have they reduced in frequency?

 

[Ursegor]

Respect to Valdes. Nothing more.

Personally I see nothing disrespectful in announcing Valdes' successor and even if it were I don't think the current board cares much about that anyway. Must be something else.

 

[DonAK]

Yes, I know. When was his last howler btw and have they reduced in frequency?

About the same time as Courtois last howler vs Zenit I think.

 

[linetty]

Ter Stegen (Monchengladbach): "Rumour about learning Spanish? It's true I've learned a bit of Spanish. I like other languages." [zdf]

Thats hilarious

 

[Ghost]

Löw is high

Impressive.

 

[zanela]

Furthermore, he said that he knows there is a possibility to become the 2nd choice in such a big club and that he wants to perform well to show himself. I start thinking that he won't join Barca because otherwise he wouldn't have said that. As if Pinto could bench him into:

A diff. club would've announced it by now. Only our club can turn something as a signing in to a farce.

Acc. to a MD article, a section of the board have imposed an embargo on his arrival, because they want Courtois, and 're insisting Zubi try and sign him (that's if google translate is accurate). Its all so dubious. I mean would Barca 've kept postponing the announcement if we'd signed up Courtois, for example.

Anyway, its good for him he knows Italian. He can always head to Serie A if it doesn't work out here.

 

[DonAK]

Well, I hope this doesnt turn into something ugly.