{"id":35190,"date":"2026-07-31T09:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T09:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/35190\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T09:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T09:17:06","slug":"barcelona-captain-ter-stegen-set-to-fly-to-amsterdam-imminently-to-finalise-ajax-loan-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/35190\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona captain Ter Stegen set to fly to Amsterdam imminently to finalise Ajax loan move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Fabrizio Romano, Marc-Andre ter Stegen is expected to leave Barcelona\u2019s pre-season training camp in England imminently to complete his loan move to Ajax, bringing one of the club\u2019s longest-running summer transfer stories to a close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German goalkeeper will travel to Amsterdam in the coming hours to finalise the deal after Barcelona and Ajax <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-veterans-loan-move-to-ajax-back-on-track-as-tax-issues-resolved-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">resolved the remaining details of the agreement on Thursday<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While neither club has officially announced the move yet, the transfer is now effectively complete.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The veteran Germany international will land in Amsterdam today. Tomorrow, on Saturday, he will undergo his medicals before the signing and the announcement are completed.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd34\u26aa\ufe0f Marc Andr\u00e9 ter Stegen will be officially announced as new Ajax player this weekend: all confirmed. \ud83d\udca5<\/p>\n<p>Understand the plan has been clarified with Bar\u00e7a and player\u2019s camp.<\/p>\n<p>\u2708\ufe0f Travel today.<br \/>\ud83e\ude7a Medical on Saturday.<br \/>\u270d\ud83c\udffc Signature on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Here we go, never in doubt. \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZZcmwx8kvk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ZZcmwx8kvk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2083098450086838631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 31, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Agreement finally reached<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Negotiations gathered momentum earlier this week, with the final obstacles concerning the terms of Ter Stegen\u2019s departure now resolved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 34-year-old had already agreed personal terms with Ajax several weeks ago, but discussions between the two clubs delayed the transfer. In addition, there were some tax-related issues that needed to be resolved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With those issues now settled, Ter Stegen is set to sign and begin a new chapter in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Committed during pre-season<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite ongoing speculation about his future throughout the summer, Ter Stegen remained fully committed to Barcelona during pre-season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/girona-fc-v-getafe-cf-laliga-ea-sports-4-1024x693.jpg\" alt=\"Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Barcelona player\" class=\"wp-image-191581\"  \/>On his way to Amsterdam. (Photo by Alex Caparros\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German international trained normally under Hansi Flick from the first day of preparations, featured in the friendly against Europa, and travelled with the squad to England earlier this week while negotiations continued behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh Start After Injury-Plagued Season<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ter Stegen heads to Ajax looking to rebuild after an extremely difficult campaign disrupted by two serious injuries that severely limited his playing time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The loan offers him the opportunity to become a regular starter again and regain the consistency that established him among Europe\u2019s elite goalkeepers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move will also reunite Ter Stegen with M\u00edchel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Spanish coach had already signed the goalkeeper to Girona on loan last January, but a serious injury prevented that move from becoming a success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the pair will work together in Amsterdam, hoping the change of scenery allows Ter Stegen to put his injury setbacks behind him and rediscover his best form.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Fabrizio Romano, Marc-Andre ter Stegen is expected to leave Barcelona\u2019s pre-season training camp in England imminently&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[23,7140,15295,17298,14633],"class_list":["post-35190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam","tag-amsterdam","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-marc-andre-ter-stegen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}