Barcelona decided the best course of action was to sign one of their current free agent goalkeepers to replace Marc-Andre ter Stegen, following his long-term injury. However, if they do not have a deal for Wojciech Szczesny over the line, the latest is that the Blaugrana could wait until January to bring in an alternative.
The 34-year-old Polish goalkeeper retired last month but has agreed terms and given the green light to come out of retirement to sign for Barcelona. The Blaugrana are negotiating the details of their exit package with Juventus, but the hold-up is one of Szczesny's demands. It was revealed that he only sign for Barcelona if the starting place is guaranteedWhile Barcelona offered the opportunity to compete with Inaki Pena, who Hansi Flick backed as his number one on Tuesday.
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It is not yet clear whether Barcelona will relent and accept Szczesny as their number one once fit, but MD they say they have decided not to sign another goalkeeper if there is an agreement. They will instead wait until January and look for a longer-term option rather than one of Keylor Navas, Claudio Bravo or the other goalkeepers available on a free.
It means their opportunity to sign under the emergency rule, using 80% of ter Stegen's salary to sign a new player, will expire by the time they reach January, so Barcelona would have to raise more money to spend on a goalkeeper then . The Blaugrana have been trace of the Port of Diogo Costabut it seems out of its price as things.
