The FC Barcelona confirms the signing of Ter Stegen

The FC Barcelona has confirmed through an official communiqué that Marc-André Ter Stegen is the first signing of Andoni Zubizarreta for the season 2014-15. The young German goalkeeper of 22 years has left the Borussia M'Gladbach, the club in which militaba from 1996, to turn into the relief of Víctor Valdés in the goals of the Camp Nou in return of roughly 12 million euros. The sportive director of the Barça like this would have communicated it to the managerial board during the extraordinary meeting of this afternoon.

Been born on 30 April 1992, Ter Stegen is considered like one of the young promises with more projection of all Europe in the position of goalkeeper, beside Thibaut Courtois. Since it debuted with only 18 years in the first team of the Borussia M'Gladbach has been always title, and in the season 2011-12 was chosen even better guardameta of the Bundesliga, surpassing to Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich). 

His height (1'89 metres) allows him dominate to perfection the aerial game, is a put brave and with character, in addition to having a good technician to play the balloon with the feet and some big reflections in the one against one. In spite of his youth has a lot of personality and a big experience when having been already international with the selection of Germany, in spite of that it will not be in the World-wide of Brazil 2014. His previous team has finalised this course sixth in the Bundesliga, and Ter Stegen only has fit 43 goals in 34 commitments of the competition germana. Now, it has arrived the hour that it step advance in his career futbolística fichando by the FC Barcelona.

Lucien Favre already confirmed the signing

In statements conceded to "SRF", Lucien Favre confirmed does a week what all the barcelonismo already knew from does months: that Marc-André Ter Stegen ficharía by the FC Barcelona. The trainer of the Borussia M'Gladbach ensured that the opportunities like this can not leave escape, and therefore it showed understanding with the decision of the young guardameta German to abandon the team in which it has remained during 16 years.

"Ter Stegen Will go to the Barça. You can not refuse an offer of them, perhaps an opportunity like this only appear once in the life", signalled. Favre Is convinced that Ter Stegen will triumph in the FC Barcelona and will do to forget to Víctor Valdés. In fact, already it considers him like one of the best goalkeepers of the planet to his 22 years. "Ter Stegen Is one of the best goalkeepers of the world and still can improve a lot of. Besides, like person, also is somebody spectacular". In this sense, to all the world -and to the own player- has surprised him that the seleccionador of Germany, Jöachim Low, have decided to not to summon him for the World-wide of Brazil 2014.

Carlos Domínguez
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