The Barça sondeó to Courtois before closing to Ter Stegen

The newspaper "MD" has published a news in which it denies that Andoni Zubizarreta, sportive director of the FC Barcelona, did not do at all for trying the signing of the one who surely was in these moments the best young goalkeeper of the planet and one of the best -but the best- guardameta in the actuality, Thibaut Courtois. In the last varied months sectors of the fans criticised the inmovilismo of Zubizarreta to the hour to go to by the Belgian, yielded by Chelsea to the Athletic of Madrid. The Catalan newspaper justifies that the director culé himself asked after the future of the put, but when obtaining the rotunda negative of the English club decided not insisting too much and opt by the incoporación of Ter Stegen, his first option.

In these moments the FC Barcelona still did not have closed the signing of the German, but the fact that no fructificara the first contact with Chelsea threw for backwards to the FC Barcelona and promoted definitively the arrival of Ter Stegen. In this sense, perhaps no can him criticise to the Barça the fact of have not asked after Courtois, but yes the fact of have not insisted in some possible negotiations. The Catalan newspaper ensures that Chelsea proposed to the sportive direction culé that launched an offer by Petr Cech, but declined finally this alternative.

To his 32 years, however, Petr Cech is one of the best goalkeepers of the European panorama and has exactly the same age that Víctor Valdés, remaining him still three or four seasons surrendering to the maximum level. In any case, decided incorporate to Ter Stegen and Claudio Bravo, that will have to show in the Camp Nou his cost and conditions to play in a so prestigious team like the FC Barcelona. They will be able to with the pressure? This will see during the season.

The FC Barcelona obtained the "himself want to" of Courtois

As it published the newspaper "Sport", a director of the FC Barcelona obtained the "himself want to" of Thibaut Courtois and his representative to turn into the new goalkeeper of the Barcelona group of face to the next seasons. The director in question, whose name has not been revealed, would have contacted with the guardameta Belgian of the Athletic of Madrid does two seasons after Víctor Valdés announced that it would not be still in the Barça, and on request of Sandro Rosell. 

After arriving until the surroundings of Courtois, achieved even congeniar with the goalkeeper and originate a relation of become friends with he, that would have left want to by the Barcelona interest. Later, and after Courtois had accepted already the initial proposal of the FC Barcelona, Zubizarreta chose to promote the signing of Marc-André Ter Stegen when having been working in his incorporation from 2010 and not obtaining any ease of Chelsea, the club that possesses the rights of property of Courtois.