Barcelona veteran could be sent on loan in January

A headline member of the first-team ranks at La Liga giants Barcelona could be forced to find himself a new temporary home for the 2nd half of the upcoming campaign.

That’s according to Diario Sport, who point towards Marc-André ter Stegen as the player in question.

Goalkeeper Ter Stegen has of course seen his name return to the centre of the headlines in Catalunya’s capital over the last 48 hours.

This comes after confirmation was forthcoming that the German’s absence from group training with Hansi Flick’s squad this week comes owing to a back injury.

Ter Stegen has been advised to go under the knife to solve the problem, a move which would see him ruled out for around four months.

And in the case of heading down such a route, the most likely scenario would see the 33-year-old farmed out on loan in January.

Already down the pecking order at the Camp Nou owing to the recent arrivals of both Joan García and Wojciech Szczęsny, Ter Stegen would be highly unlikely to secure any sort of meaningful game-time in Barcelona over the 2nd half of the term.

In turn, as per a report from Sport:

‘It is very likely that Ter Stegen will agree to go on loan for six months from January to show himself and have the possibility of going to the World Cup with the German national team.’

Conor Laird – GSFN