The decision is made:Szczesny will renew his contract for one season, extendable to another. Ter Stegen will return next season and Iñaki Peña will disappear from the blaugrana locker room.
Ter Stegen Will Be the Starting Goalkeeper Again
True revolution in Barça's goal. Nobody doubts, not even Szczesny, that as soon as he recovers from his injury, Ter Stegen will return to the starting position in Barça's goal. That will be in July.
This means the German goalkeeper will have the entire preseason to get in shape alongside the Polish goalkeeper. In the coming hours, Szczesny will renew with Barça after retiring from Juventus at the end of last season.
Iñaki Peña will no longer be there. The Alicante goalkeeper is very upset about his removal from Barça's goal when things were going very well for him. Sources close to the locker room tell MB that the cause of Iñaki Peña's ostracism is his lack of punctuality.
Flick tolerated it the first time, got annoyed the second, and was furious the third, leading to the drastic change in the goal. After Ter Stegen's injury, Iñaki Peña had played 22 matches, with a record of 25 goals conceded and keeping a clean sheet in six matches.
Iñaki Peña Has Three Offers: Italy, Türkiye, and Spain
Meanwhile, Szczesny has conceded 16 goals in 16 matches. In other words, the calling card favors the Polish goalkeeper, who has also coincided with a stellar streak for the team.
The die is cast for the next season. Szczesny is warned that he will return to the bench as soon as Ter Stegen acquires the necessary rhythm for competition. A team will be sought for Iñaki Peña.
On his table, he has three offers, although he has one year left on his contract, and Barça will be able to weigh in to find the best bidder. Laporta wants to get an economic return from Iñaki Peña's departure from Barça.
There will be problems there. The goalkeeper demands that the club give him a reward for his excellent behavior after almost a decade of being a substitute. He expects a gesture, a detail that allows him to change airs with the freedom letter in his pocket.
Iñaki Peña has an offer from Mourinho's Galatasaray, a team where he already played on loan three seasons ago. But he also has an offer from Italy, from Cesc Fàbregas's Como, and another from Celta. In all three cases, he comes out ahead economically.
He Begins to Say Goodbye to His Teammates
Now it will be a matter of reaching an agreement with Joan Laporta so that both parties benefit from his departure from the club. Peña, for now, already knows that they won't let him leave with the freedom letter, but he is not willing to wait another year for the end of his contract.
The environment he currently lives in is not the most advisable for an athlete who wants to improve. In fact, Iñaki Peña has already started to say goodbye to his teammates. Neither Flick nor he wants to keep seeing each other next season.