{"id":102078,"date":"2026-06-07T19:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/102078\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T19:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:06:39","slug":"barcelona-struggle-to-find-suitor-for-unwanted-star-as-ajax-cannot-meet-financial-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/102078\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona struggle to find suitor for unwanted star as Ajax cannot meet financial demands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marc-Andre ter Stegen<\/a>\u2019s future at Barcelona remains one of the most complex issues the club must resolve before the summer window closes.<\/p>\n

After a loan spell at Girona<\/a> that came to nothing, ter Stegen has been recently linked with a move to Ajax<\/a>. However, a potential move to the Netherlands has already hit a stumbling block.<\/p>\n

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The German goalkeeper is not in Hansi Flick\u2019s plans for next season, just as he was not last season, leaving the club\u2019s sporting directorate searching for a workable solution to a situation that is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate.<\/p>\n

Ajax interested but financially limited\"\"<\/p>\n

Ter Stegen\u2019s salary is becoming a problem. (Photo by Alex Caparros\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

According to MARCA<\/a>, a door appeared to open when Michel was appointed as the new Ajax head coach.<\/p>\n

The manager had already signed Ter Stegen to Girona last season and has the goalkeeper in mind as a potential reinforcement at his new club, where the goalkeeping position is identified as a priority area to strengthen.<\/p>\n

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However, ter Stegen\u2019s salary exceeds \u20ac15 million per season, a figure that is completely out of Ajax\u2019s reach.<\/p>\n

The Dutch club could realistically offer a similar contribution to what Girona paid during his loan last season, approximately \u20ac1 million, making a straightforward deal virtually impossible without significant intervention from Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Barcelona\u2019s preferred outcome\"\"<\/p>\n

Ajax can\u2019t afford to sign ter Stegen. (Photo by Alex Caparros\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

While Barcelona would be willing to subsidise the majority of his wages on another loan, the club would much rather find a permanent solution to avoid repeating the same negotiation cycle every summer.<\/p>\n

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The problem is that Ter Stegen\u2019s persistent injury record over the past two years makes any club reluctant to commit to a significant transfer fee or absorb his full salary permanently.<\/p>\n

Those doubts exist at Ajax too. The Dutch club are interested but not prepared to rush into a decision given the uncertainty surrounding his physical condition.<\/p>\n

With his contract running until 2028, Barcelona\u2019s ter Stegen problem is not going away anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marc-Andre ter Stegen\u2019s future at Barcelona remains one of the most complex issues the club must resolve before…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[101],"tags":[749,199,1210,29686,51171,200],"class_list":["post-102078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam","tag-ajax","tag-amsterdam","tag-barcelona","tag-girona","tag-marc-andre-ter-stegen","tag-netherlands"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116710394281506118","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102078","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=102078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}