In a recently concluded Final Round matchup of the Champions League group stage, Barca lost 0-3 to the South King at Bayern Munich's Home Allianz Arena, and after the defeat, Ter Stegen, who had been secretly competing in front of his national team teammate Neuer, once again became the object of criticism from the outside world. Unlike Lenglet, who laughed after the game, and Puigi, who chased the drama, Ter Stegen was criticized not for his attitude, but because his level was no longer considered to match the ability that a Barca starting goalkeeper should have. In this game, in the face of Bayern Munich's threatening attacks and shots, the German substitute goalkeeper basically did not make an active save, and finally lost only three goals, thanks to the collective happiness of the Bayern striker group and finally Nagelsmann's gold collection.
In fact, since the past two years of continuous defeat in the Champions League, Ter Stegen's self-confidence has been hit hard, coupled with frequent injuries, Ter Stegen has changed from the former special lion to the current Tela crotch, whether in the league or the Champions League, he has lost his former dominance and explosiveness, and even from time to time he will go crazy, such as last season's attack against Atletico Madrid. It is precisely because of this situation that after losing to Bayern Munich, Xavi finally made up his mind to sell the meritorious goalkeeper in exchange for funds to go to the transfer market to buy two big fish back. At present, Newcastle United, who are aiming for relegation, are interested in Ter Stegen, and it is reported that they can bid 55 million euros for the young German goalkeeper, which will be a very tempting price for Barca.
And if Barca president Laporta finally decides to sell Ter Stegen, Xavi has already selected as many as four potential successors for Laporta to choose from, namely Ajax goalkeeper 25-year-old goalkeeper Onana, Fiorentina 24-year-old goalkeeper Djongovsky, Leeds United's 21-year-old goalkeeper Mellie, and Wolfsburg's 29-year-old goalkeeper Castres. Among them, Ajax goalkeeper Onana is one of the players that Barca are most interested in pursuing, his contract with Dutch giants Ajax will expire next summer, but if Barca wants to sign him, it also needs to face the competition of Inter Milan, before there were even media reports, Onana agent has arrived in Milan City to sign a four-year contract with Inter.
For various reasons, Barca will most likely miss Onana in the end, and at the same time, the other three players will not actually be much better than Ter Stegen, in addition to being able to save wages, it will not be too much of a supplement in immediate combat strength. Therefore, some fans suggested to Barcelona that instead of doing futile things, it is better to change the goal and change the pursuit to the substitute goal god who is currently in frustration at Premier League giants Manchester United - Dean Henderson.
Last season, under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the outstanding Dean Henderson once pinned De Gea to the bench, and even lost De Gea's starting position for the Spanish national team, and at the same time, he also helped Manchester United to beat Liverpool, Chelsea and other strong opponents to achieve excellent results in the league runner-up, which is enough to see how good his level is. However, after the start of the season, Henderson had to be relegated to Manchester United's bench again due to the excellent performance of De Gea, who seized the opportunity. Now that the season is nearly halfway through, Henderson only got the starting opportunity in the last round of the insignificant Champions League group stage, and even failed to play the whole game, in the second half of the game was replaced by Heaton, it can be said that the powerful goalkeeper has been completely reduced to a dispensable marginal role at Manchester United.
Barca can be greatly replenished in terms of immediate combat power if they buy Henderson, the England goalkeeper is only 24 years old and can stay in the starting goalkeeper position for many years, while his combat effectiveness has been tested last season, a Premier League runner-up goalkeeper, is fully worthy of Barcelona. As a result, Barca management must move quickly, with Ajax, who will reportedly part ways with Onana next summer, trying to bring in Henderson as a replacement for the former. If Laporta misses him, there will be a day of regret!