Besiktas Submit Loan Bid for Ter Stegen With Salary Coverage and €8m Option

Overview

• Besiktas have lodged a proposal to take Marc-André ter Stegen on loan, offering to cover his wages and include a non-mandatory €8 million purchase option.
• Barcelona are open to a January exit and expect additional offers, but no agreement has been reached as the player and his agent await more options.
• Ter Stegen is recovering from back surgery and targets medical clearance around mid-December before deciding his next step.
• The goalkeeper has lost Barcelona’s starting role to Joan Garcia, with Wojciech Szczesny registered as the backup.
• Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann has signaled he wants his No. 1 playing regularly, and Turkish reports say Besiktas sporting director Eduard Graf is leading the push to sign him.