As: Szczesny & Joan Garcia is not registered, Barcelona currently only Peña can play in La Liga
Although there are as many as four goalkeepers in the roster: Ter Stegen, Szczesny, Joan Garcia and Penia. But the fact is that the only goalkeeper who is qualified to play in the league against Mallorca on August 16 local time is Peña. Because he is the only one who is registered and available.
The remaining goalkeepers are currently unable to guard the goal in the first league game. Ter Stegen will not go to South Korea with the team due to waist discomfort, which will prevent him from practicing with the team at the beginning of pre-season preparations, and the surgery seems to be the most direct solution; at the same time, Joan Garcia and Szczesny are unable to register because there is not enough exemption in their total salary.
Faced with such a confusing situation, Frick was forced to change his goalkeeper's plan and recruit Penia for the preseason tour of East Asia, and Barcelona had already tried in principle to accelerate its departure. But recent developments have put Peña's departure in a "standby" state, waiting for Ter Stegen's final decision.
If the German goalkeeper is finalized for surgery, he is expected to be injured for four months, so the club will be able to use 80% of his salary (one of the highest salaries in the team) to register other players, namely "new players" Joan Garcia and Rashford. Szczesni's registration problem is much smaller, because he is relatively low in salary and only needs Peña or Romeu's departure to qualify for appearance.
However, Frick was reluctant to wait for the situation to develop, so he wanted to take proactive measures to deal with any potential adverse situations, so he called Penia to South Korea with the team, when in principle he would go with Joan Garcia and Szczesny, and may also temporarily recruit second-team goalkeeper David Kochen to join.
