Are you really leaving? Barcelona captain reaches a franchise agreement with the Turkish Super League giants, and it is likely to leave the team freely

On June 15, Turkish media Fanatik revealed that the Turkish Super League giant Galatasaray has reached an agreement with Barcelona captain Ter Stegen. If the transfer fee is not high, the deal will be completed soon. Judging from Barcelona's attitude, they may even release people for free.

33-year-old Ter Stegen joined Barcelona in July 2014 and spent 11 years at the Camp Nou Stadium. During this period, he played in 422 games for Barcelona, ​​completed 175 clean sheets, and won 19 championship trophys including 6 La Liga, 6 Spanish King's Cup, 4 Spanish Super Cup, 1 Champions League, 1 European Super Cup and 1 Club World Cup, which is an outstanding contribution.

However, as he grows older, Ter Stegen's competitive state has also declined significantly. Last season, he suffered a serious knee injury and missed most of the games. Fortunately, Barcelona convinced the retired Polish national goalkeeper Szczesny to put out the fire, which avoided the season's collapse, and even won the local triple crown in La Liga, Spanish Super League and Spanish Cup. Even so, Barcelona is determined to strengthen the goalkeeper position and is infinitely close to signing last season's best goalkeeper Joan Garcia.

However, this move is unacceptable to Ter Stegen, because Barcelona signed Joan Garcia to be the main goalkeeper, while as Barcelona captain and main goalkeeper, he was told that he would either accept the third goalkeeper position or leave the team in the new season. In fact, at the end of last season, Ter Stegen, who made a comeback early, hoped to replace Szczesny to play in the Champions League, but was rejected by Barcelona's senior management and Frick's coaching staff. In the end, he could only get a chance to play in La Liga, and Barcelona had already won the championship ahead of schedule.

For Ter Stegen, Barcelona's approach was a betrayal. He originally wanted to fight to the end, and the consequences of doing so would have cost Barcelona a huge price. After all, Ter Stegen's annual salary is as high as 12 million euros, and Barcelona certainly doesn't want him to get a high salary for three years. So, the best way is to let Ter Stegen leave the team this summer. The appearance of Galatasaray is equivalent to sending a pillow to Barcelona, ​​who is about to doze off.

In fact, although Little Lion is very angry at Barcelona's approach, he also understands that his biggest weakness has been grasped by Barcelona, ​​which is the US, Canada and Mexico World Cup next summer. For 33-year-old Ter Stegen, he had to ensure enough playing time to gain a place in Germany and complete his own World Cup journey, perhaps the last World Cup journey. Therefore, if Barcelona insists on his substitute goalkeeper position and does not let go, the Lions will have to find their next home by themselves.

In this case, joining Galatasaray is really a good choice. They are the number one giant team in the Turkish Super League, with many big-name players in the team. Not long ago, they also signed the freelance German international winger Sane. The level of the Turkish Super League is not low, and Galatasaray also has certain competitiveness in the Champions League. Of course, more importantly, they can provide a satisfying salary and sufficient playing time. Therefore, it is reasonable that Teliu and Galatasaray hit it off.

For Barcelona, ​​the biggest headache they had was Ter Stegen's remaining three-year contract. If the latter insisted on leaving, Barcelona would even be mentally prepared to pay the termination fee. Now that the Lions choose to leave the team on their own initiative, Barcelona naturally wants it. As for the transfer fee, I have never heard of it.