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Marc-André ter Stegen : I want Thiago back at Barcelona

By Chiranjib Ghosh

Bayern Munich's Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara runs with the ball during the German Cup DFB Pokal final football match FC Bayern Munich vs Eintracht Frankfurt at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on May 19, 2018. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP) / RESTRICTIONS: ACCORDING TO DFB RULES IMAGE SEQUENCES TO SIMULATE VIDEO IS NOT ALLOWED DURING MATCH TIME. MOBILE (MMS) USE IS NOT ALLOWED DURING AND FOR FURTHER TWO HOURS AFTER THE MATCH. == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE == FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT DFB DIRECTLY AT +49 69 67880 / (Photo credit should read CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
Bayern Munich's Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara runs with the ball during the German Cup DFB Pokal final football match FC Bayern Munich vs Eintracht Frankfurt at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on May 19, 2018. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP) / RESTRICTIONS: ACCORDING TO DFB RULES IMAGE SEQUENCES TO SIMULATE VIDEO IS NOT ALLOWED DURING MATCH TIME. MOBILE (MMS) USE IS NOT ALLOWED DURING AND FOR FURTHER TWO HOURS AFTER THE MATCH. == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE == FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT DFB DIRECTLY AT +49 69 67880 / (Photo credit should read CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images) /
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Ter Stegen has urged Barcelona to sign Thiago

BERLIN, GERMANY – MAY 19: Thiago Alcantara of Muenchen looks on during the DFB Cup final between Bayern Muenchen and Eintracht Frankfurt at Olympiastadion on May 19, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY – MAY 19: Thiago Alcantara of Muenchen looks on during the DFB Cup final between Bayern Muenchen and Eintracht Frankfurt at Olympiastadion on May 19, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images) /

It seems like Thiago’s teammates in the Spain setup has some good things to say about the midfielder to Marc-André ter Stegen. The 27-year old playmaker has a lot of friends in the Barcelona dressing room who admire him, including the likes of Gerard Piqué and Sergio Busquets.

The German goalkeeper has publicly come out with a statement that he wants the club to bring Thiago back to the Camp Nou. This is in light of Thiago’s situation at Bayern, he has been excluded from new coach Niko Kovač’s plans and has been transfer-listed.

The club have been linked with a move for Thiago in recent weeks. But no official offer has been submitted yet. But with Marc-André ter Stegen endorsing a potential signing, the management may sanction a move for Thiago.

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He is expected to cost the club around €50 million. But the Éric Abidal-Ramón Planes partnership needs to show their negotiating skills in their first ever independent negotiation if Bayern are to budge from their €70 million price tag.

"Ter Stegen said, ““I would like to see Thiago at Barcelona. His style of play would fit in with us because of learning his football here and he obviously has the quality at this level of football.Thiago is a fantastic player and would fit into our squad, I’m sure he would be open to a move back here and it would be special for us and for him if it happened.”"

While Ter Stegen’s statement will put pressure on the club to sign a player who is clearly the right player to fill the void left by Xavi 3 seasons ago, it might put the German out of favour with the board. And while he will retain his spot in the first-team, Jasper Cillessen is also in contention.

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With Ernesto Valverde having little say in the affairs of the club, the Basque coach might be forced to drop Ter Stegen from the first-team for this unwarranted statement.

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