Sport: Barça halts the renewal of Ter Stegen

The slowdown in sports competitions with the aim of stopping the spread of the coronavirus has caused the income of the clubs to plummet, as television rights and box offices have been lost. This economic impact caused by the pandemic has limited the financial muscle of the clubs, which will have less capacity to sign and to maintain multi-million dollar player contracts.

At Barça, the footballers of the first team have lowered their salary by 70 percent so as not to further harm the club's coffers, but the consequences could go further. One of them could be a firm threat in one of the goals that FC Barcelona had in the short term: the renewal of the Marc-André ter Stegen contract, which had been underway for months.

Several sectors of the press have pointed out during this time that the negotiations are not being easy due to the high financial claims of the German goalkeeper and the willingness of the Catalan club to haggle them. According to information published by the Sport newspaper this Sunday, Barça has decided to stop talks with the goalkeeper until the final consequences of the pandemic on the club's financial ecosystem are known.

This means of communication ensures that relations between the Barça club and with the player and their environment are very good, and that the German agent, Gerd vom Bruch, "has fully understood the Blaugrana explanations about the negotiating break". Barça need to have certainty about the future economic scenario when it comes to being able to perform safely in the negotiations.

Always according to the aforementioned information, Ter Stegen's situation at FC Barcelona would not have gone unnoticed in some of the great European clubs. In fact, it is mentioned that Manchester City, Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Juventus Turin will be very aware of whether or not there is an agreement to try to convince him.

Ter Stegen is happy at Barça

Marc-André ter Stegen prioritizes staying at FC Barcelona, ​​as he is delighted at the club, in Barcelona and in Catalonia. However, he wants to be valued at the level of how important he is to the team, and therefore he asks for a salary at the level of the best goalkeeper in the world. The truth is that his renewal is a priority for the Catalan team, since he is a basic player for the present and the future.