FC Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick has made his mind up on Marc-Andre ter Stegen's future if Joan Garcia joins the club from Espanyol this summer according to Mundo Deportivo, which cited anonymous sources.

Just this week alone, we’ve witnessed the same newspaper report that breakthrough 2024/2025 star Garcia has agreed terms with the Catalans ahead of RAC1 explaining that Barca President Joan Laporta allegedly told his board that Ter Stegen should be sold if their top transfer target ends up being landed.

Though Laporta and Sporting Director Deco get the last say on who arrives or leaves, the opinion of Spanish treble winner Flick will also be important, of course.

There is probably some rapport between compatriots Flick and Ter Stegen because of their time together when the former commanded the German national team, yet sources that spoke to Mundo Deportivo anonymously and are close to the tactician have explained that should Garcia come, Ter Stegen “will have to look for a way out if the wants to play next season”.

As Barca’s commitment to Garcia is “firm and strong”, the technical staff is in “total harmony” with the board and the sports management department on the potential coup, and Garcia being the number one shotstopper in Blaugrana for the 2025/2026 should it come to fruition.

With a contract until June 30, 2028, Ter Stegen is under no obligation to move on but might wish to consider the next World Cup on the horizon at the end of next season.

He’ll want to play in a team where he’s a starter and will pick up plenty of minutes, in an attempt to convince Julian Nagelsmann that he should man the sticks for Germany in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Unfortunately, that might mean having to leave Barca, where he’s been a regular when not injured since 2014.

Whether Garcia comes or not, there is a lot of competition to be FC Barcelona’s primary goalkeeper among Wojciech Szczesny, Ter Stegen and Inaki Pena, while not even mentioning young American promise Diego Kochen.