Noise in the Barça booth?
The relationship between national goalkeeper Marc André ter Stegen (28) and Barça icon Lionel Messi (33) is said to have been broken for months – allegedly, both players no longer talk to each other. This is reported by the Spanish online newspaper “Diario Gol”.
What happened?
According to the report, it crashed for the first time last season after the German goalkeeper criticized the poor defensive performance of Messi and ex-Barça striker Suarez after the Champions League win against Slavia Prague. Messi took that personally. A few days later in training, the Argentine made a gesture to Ter Stegen that the keeper did not like at all – they were even violent.
Two weeks ago the crisis worsened!
This time the FIFA election “The Best” was the cause of the dispute. Messi chose PSG keeper Keylor Navas as best goalkeeper, followed by Manuel Neuer, ter Stegen’s rival in the German squad, and Jan Oblak of Atletico Madrid. A surprising pick by the six-time world footballer known for frequently voting for his own teammates.
Ter Stegen doesn’t like that at all!
According to “Diario Gol”, the ex-Gladbacher is even supposed to rethink his future with the record-breaking Spanish cup winners, although he only extended his contract to 2025 in October last year. According to the report, in February 2020 journalist Lluís Canut offered to write a biography about the goalkeeper, but Ter Stegen declined. The reason: His situation at the club is not clear to him because of the bad relationship with Messi.
Poor performance on the pitch, only sixth in the league and a crash in the dressing room – Barcelona is not doing this at all this season!
Messi could leave the Catalans after 20 years in the summer – will Ter Stegen stay at Barcelona only in that case?
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