To day of today, and to tenor of the favourable evolution that presents Marc-André Ter Stegen of his injury, practically there is not doubt that the youngster cancerbero German will arrive without problems to Saint Mamés to play the Sunday the second day of the League Santander 2016-17 against the Athletic of Bilbao, that lost this past weekend in front of the Sporting of Gijón (2-1).
Ter Stegen Already is almost recovered of the injury of knee that suffered does some days and prevented him contest the Supercopa of Spain, by what aims to the titularity against the Athletic although it go to fichar of imminent form to Jasper Cillessen, pertinent of the Ajax of Amsterdam.
Claudio Bravo leaves to the Manchester City and the Dutch archer will be in theory his relief in the Barcelona, although the agreement between all the parts still is not official and the most likely is that this Wednesday play his last meeting with the Ajax in front of the Rostov, in the turn of the previous of classification for the UEFA Champions League 2016-17.
Of this way, Cillessen will arrive very just to the Barça and without hardly have trained to play in League against the Athletic, in some conditions that would not be the ideal against a dangerous team as it is the one of Ernesto Valverde. If Ter Stegen could not play in Saint Mamés, therefore, the alternative is Jordi Masip, that has made a very good pre-season.
Theoretically it is the third guardameta of the staff, but Luis Enrique trusts fully in him and, if it sees that Ter Stegen and Cillessen arrive without shooting, will not doubt in planting him in the eleven headline, in what it would be a new opportunity so that Masip have minutes of quality, more than deserved.
What is clear is that, with the arrival of Cillessen, the Barcelona will go back to have very very covered the goal, being missing the guinda of the new forward in the market of signings to finish to complete the staff 2016-17.