Manchester City and Liverpool are ready to offer big wages to Marc-Andre ter Stegen to take him away from Barcelona during the summer transfer window.
Since joining the Catalan giants in 2014 from Borussia Monchengladbach, the German has struggled to cement himself as the club’s first choice goalkeeper and has mostly been used in the cup competitions.
And while Claudio Bravo remains the first choice for the league, Ter Stegen has recently hinted that he could be looking for a move this summer in search of more minutes.
Liverpool remain interested in signing the German custodian and even Manchester City have joined the chase to snare him away from the European champions at the end of the season.
And according to Catalan daily Sport, both Premier League giants have offered to double his wages to tempt Ter Stegen into leaving Barcelona during the summer transfer window.
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Barcelona are confident that the German is the club’s future number one, and are not willing to sell the player below his contract’s release clause, which is believed to be around €80m.
While Bravo still has the confidence of the Barcelona coaching staff, the club are hopeful that the 23-year-old German understands the situation and sees the bright future he could have with the club.
Ter Stegen has played just four league game since joining the club in 2014, and has a contract until 2019 with the Catalan giants.
