After Ter Stegen's injury, Xavi confirms who will be his replacement for 2024 and surprises

FC Barcelona must deal with the absence of Ter Stegen for the coming weeks. The German goalkeeper underwent surgery and everything indicates that he will not be available for the month of January and early February. This worries the club and now, after the various rumors of signing a new goalkeeper, Xavi Hernandez confirms who will be the player to replace Ter Stegen in the team's goal.

Having had back surgery, Marc-André ter Stegen (31 years old, 17 games in all competitions this season) will not play again until the end of February with FC Barcelona. Despite this hard blow, the Catalan club's coach, Xavi, refuses to hire an additional goalkeeper.

«It is not an option to sign a goalkeeper. There is complete confidence in the one we have and that he will recover quickly. “It is not a cruciate ligament injury and Iñaki is doing very well,” said the Barça coach in a press conference. That is to say, he currently rules out the arrival of another goalkeeper for the following season. Of course, Xavi Hernandez believes that it is time to give him confidence and be patient with Iñaki Peña.

What else did Xavi say about Iñaki Peña?

"He is more than prepared," it is stated from the locker room, where his closest teammates do not hide their joy in seeing Iñaki as a starter for the first team. "It's one thing to play a game every four months, if you're lucky, and another to know that you have three consecutive months ahead of you," says one of them, convinced that the fans will end up devoted to him. That this could serve to threaten Ter Stegen's ownership is already big words and shows the confidence there is on the part of the coach.