Marc-André ter Stegen on Barca contract: “Not gambled!”

The contract talks with FC Barcelona are currently on hold – but national goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen is resisting the interpretation that he has played poker.

In an Instagram interview with ex-club Borussia Mönchengladbach, the 28-year-old said: “There are a lot more important things at the moment than my contract with FC Barcelona. I didn’t gamble.”

Marc-André ter Stegen bound to Barca until 2022

Ter Stegen’s deal with Barca expires in 2022, the two parties have not yet agreed on an extension – but what the goalkeeper sees as “relaxed” and not a “big deal”. “We had one or two talks,” said ter Stegen, but ultimately “they decided together that we should shut down the situation”, at the moment the priorities are simply different.

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“For me there is no issue now,” he said: “The question of how we can get out of Corona, how people who are not doing so well can get better is the subject now. About mine I’m not thinking about a contract right now. “

Most recently reported Marcathat ter Stegen is supposed to demand a net annual salary of 18 million euros – a wish that Barca may not be able to fulfill in view of the expected losses due to the corona crisis. He did not comment on this point in the video chat.

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