{"id":100947,"date":"2026-06-05T18:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/100947\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:34:12","slug":"new-ajax-manager-seeks-reunion-with-out-of-favour-barcelona-captain-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/100947\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ajax manager seeks reunion with out-of-favour Barcelona captain \u2013 report"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Mundo Deportivo<\/a>, AFC Ajax manager Michel Sanchez is keen to reunite with FC Barcelona<\/a> goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen<\/a> as the Dutch club looks to strengthen its goalkeeping department ahead of next season.<\/p>\n

Michel was recently named the new manager by Ajax just days after his Girona<\/a> side were relegated from La Liga.<\/p>\n

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Alongside sporting director Jordi Cruyff, formerly of Barcelona, the new coach is already identifying transfer targets, and one of his priorities is signing a new goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

Michel wants Ter Stegen<\/p>\n

And, as per the report, Michel would like Ajax to pursue Ter Stegen, whom he previously convinced to join Girona on loan in January.<\/p>\n

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Michel wants Ter Stegen at Ajax. (Photo by Alex Caparros\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The Spanish coach enjoys a strong relationship with the Barcelona captain and believes he would be an ideal addition to his new project in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, though, Ter Stegen\u2019s fellow Barcelona goalkeeper Inaki Pena, who spent the last season on loan at Elche<\/a>, has also been mentioned among possible targets for Ajax<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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For his part, Ter Stegen is entering the final stages of recovery from a left hamstring injury that restricted him to only a couple of appearance for Girona. The current plan is for him to return to full training in the coming days.<\/p>\n

Ter Stegen not part of Flick\u2019s plans<\/p>\n

Heading into the summer, it is clear that Ter Stegen is not a part of Barcelona manager Hansi Flick\u2019s plans<\/a> for the next season.<\/p>\n

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Ter Stegen has no place in Barcelona\u2019s plans. (Photo by Alex Caparros\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Joan Garcia<\/a> remains the undisputed No. 1 in goal after a remarkable debut season, while Wojciech Szczesny<\/a> will continue as the second choice, although Bar\u00e7a are open to bringing in an upgrade in that role.<\/p>\n

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Nonetheless, Ter Stegen does not feature in the Catalans\u2019 plans despite having a contract with the club until 2028.<\/p>\n

As such, Barcelona and Ter Stegen remain open to finding a solution that suits all parties this summer. The veteran is willing to consider offers and potentially move abroad in search of regular playing time and a project where he can once again play a leading role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Mundo Deportivo, AFC Ajax manager Michel Sanchez is keen to reunite with FC Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[101],"tags":[749,199,1210,45946,2102,29686,44643,9725,45943,200,44641,44642],"class_list":["post-100947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam","tag-ajax","tag-amsterdam","tag-barcelona","tag-elche","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-girona","tag-joan-garcia","tag-jordi-cruyff","tag-michel-sanchez","tag-netherlands","tag-ter-stegen","tag-wojciech-szczesny"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116698943810675300","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}