Overview
- EFE-based reporting says the loan to Girona is advanced and targeted to run through the end of the campaign, though the agreement is not yet closed.
- Fabrizio Romano reports a verbal agreement between the clubs with the goalkeeper expected to join Girona soon on a season-ending loan.
- Girona needs a first-choice keeper after coach Míchel said Dominik Livaković expressed a desire to leave, leaving the position unresolved.
- Barcelona’s signing of Joan García reshaped the goalkeeping hierarchy and Ter Stegen has featured only once this season after more than a decade as the club’s No. 1.
- Coverage points to potential wage-bill relief for Barcelona and highlights national-team stakes, as German voices weigh options for the World Cup starter.