THE GERMAN WAS THE BEST ON 22/23
Ter Stegen, Barça's guarantee to consolidate its new backbone
Published:2/07/2023 - 10:12h
Updated:2/07/2023 - 10:12h
Marc-André ter Stegen confirmed in 2022/23 his role as a figure in the backbone of the eleven culé. The German won his first Zamora after a season full of records and remains the sole 'survivor' of the team that won the treble in 2015
With the exits of Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba, Marc-André ter Stegen has remained like last 'survivor' of the FC Barcelona that won the triplete in 2015. The arrival of Xavi Hernández to the bench culé has supposed a total metamorphosis in the Barcelona vertebral column, but the German has kept firm in the arch and his remarkable performance in the 2022/23 cleared any doubt on the future of the goal of the Barça.
After winning his first Zamora, the one of Mönchengladbach confirmed his leadership deep down culé. Beside Ronald Araújo, Pedri, Gavi and Robert Lewandowski, the germano is one of the intocables for the egarense, a role that also has to assume his compatriot Ílkay Gündogan once incorporate to the first team. To fault of the signing of a pivote, Xavi already has clearer the vertebral column of his Barça.
The radical changes that has suffered the eleven of the Barça from 2020
After the end of the season 2019/20, the Barça has suffered important changes in his eleven. The physical problems of Gerard Hammered opened the door to Araújo in the 2020/21 and, with the exit of Leo Messi this year and the arrival of Xavi to the bench, the parade of 'holy cows' has been unavoidable. The irruption of Alejandro Balde the past season and the goodbye of Busquets and Alba completed the end of a glorious era come to less in the last polish.
However, the work of the míster of Terrassa and the activation of the 'crowbars' financial the past summer have allowed that the transition was less traumatic for the Barça. Although in Europe has cost a lot recover the regularity, the title of LaLiga supposed a brutal injection of confidence to the sportive project that leads the egarense. With Ter Stegen like figure, the Barça was able to win the tournament with holgura, still when the team had a bajón important in the final stretch of the season.
Ter Stegen, the only that keeps on being indisputable
From the 2015/16, Marc-André has been intocable in the Barcelona arch. Any put in doubt his titularity in 2019, when the directive bet by the arrival of Net Walled to put pressure to the German. However, the '1' has recovered his best version in the two last seasons and, with agreement until 2025, his renewal would have to be prioritaria in the next months. The club has bet by Iñaki Crag like acting, taking for granted that, to his 31 years, the one of Mönchengladbach still can give a lot of satisfactions to the club.