At 33, Ter Stegen is nine years Garcia’s senior, however, goalkeepers are known to be able to continue their careers for many years after their outfield contemporaries have to hang up their boots.

Now 33, last summer team-mates voted for him to be Barca’s captain for 2024-25, but a knee injury suffered in September meant he spent much of the campaign recovering. Free agent Wojciech ‘Tek’ Szczesny was signed in response and the 35-year-old saw out the season between the sticks as Barca won La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

Marc-Andre ter Stegen finds himself in a tricky situation at Barcelona knowing that Joan Garcia is set to arrive this summer.The 24-year-old Espanyol star will arrive and is set to take the No. 1