RAC1<\/a>, Barcelona have agreed to pay 90% of Ter Stegen\u2019s wages during the loan spell, a compromise that has helped remove one of the final obstacles to the move.<\/p>\nFor Barcelona, the loan represents a practical outcome in what has become a difficult situation.<\/p>\n
Ter Stegen remains one of the club\u2019s most respected figures, but the goalkeeping hierarchy has changed under Hansi Flick.<\/p>\n
He may have been the club captain, but the German was firmly behind both Joan Garcia and Szczesny in the pecking order for Flick.<\/p>\n
For someone looking to return to his best level, ter Stegen would have found no game time at Bar\u00e7a, and the loan certainly helps him out.<\/p>\n
Not an ideal arrangement<\/p>\n
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Ajax move nears. (Photo by Alex Caparros\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Covering such a large share of his salary is far from ideal financially, but it may have been the price required to secure a solution that suits all parties.<\/p>\n
If Ter Stegen\u2019s trip to Amsterdam goes as expected, the transfer could move quickly towards completion.<\/p>\n
In the Netherlands, Ter Stegen has a chance to reunite with Michel, who has taken over Ajax, and he is likely to be an important player for them.<\/p>\n
As long as the German is able to maintain his fitness, Ajax are likely to make him their starter and one of the leaders of the team.<\/p>\n
Barcelona may not be getting much financial leeway out of Ter Stegen\u2019s transfer, but this is a deal that had to happen.<\/p>\n
This will now allow Deco and company to focus on squad planning without worrying about the future of their estranged club captain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has taken a very long time, but it does feel like Marc-Andre ter Stegen\u2019s time at Barcelona…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6425,92,222,223,1894],"class_list":["post-63200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-ajax","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-marc-andre-ter-stegen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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On his way out. (Photo by Alex Caparros\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n