Barcelona, Spain – E don set o! Di La Liga champions, Barcelona, don plan to send their young goalkeeper, Ander Astralaga, go loan for Granada for di 2025-26 season. This one na as e enter for di latest gist wey dem dey carry come from inside di Camp Nou. Di 21-year-old go make im way for medical check-up dis week before e join di club.
Dem dey hope say Astralaga go fit chop regular playing time for di second division next season. E go better make dem give am chance to grow and develop well. As e be, na so di guy go fit shine well-well and maybe carry di keeping throne for Barcelona one day (abi wetin you sabi?).
But hold on, no be all of dem dey happy for Barca! Diego Kochen, di 19-year-old American wey plenty people dey reason as di future goalkeeper for di team, go also dey watch this matter closely. Barcelona don tie am down with contract wey go run till 2028, so dem gats follow am up (epping go mad outside as e dey like play).
As we dey talk, Barcelona still dey manage dia first-team keepers dem. Joan Garcia, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Iñaki Peña, and Wojciech Szczęsny still dey ground, but how di whole matter go play out dey suspenseful (nobody sabi wetin next e go bring).
Time dey run down as di fiscal year dey reach end next week, and dem dey plan for plenty changes. Plenty Barca Atletic players gats pack dem load as di affiliate side don fall enter di fourth tier of Spanish football. Astralaga na di next paddy wey go pack di waka, according to gossip wey dey leak from El Chiringuito.
Not only say him go play for Granada, but e dey expected say him go also extend im contract with Barcelona as e dey enter di final stretch of im deal. E be like say di club wan secure dem before e reach di big leagues!
Dis season, Astralaga don show wetin him sabi, despite di injury wey Marc-Andre ter Stegen collect. E don sit down for bench as di third-choice goalkeeper but after di New Year, him na di starter for Barca Atletic (no be small upgrade). E don appear 18 times for di team, allow 23 goals enter and gree make five matches clean.
Dey talking say di loan arrangement na part of di big restructuring wey dey happen for di goalkeeping department. Dem don realize say make Astralaga dey shine for higher level, and for Granada, e go get chance to defend as di last line for dem wey dey chase promotion. We go see wetin go happen as di veterans Marc Martinez and Diego Marino dey set to exit (oya, dem don get time to move!).
Barcelona go dey spend €2m plus add-ons and maybe some small fees for di next transfer, all for FC Copenhagen‘s Bardghji. Di deal don lock! As e dey so, di whole arrangement be like say dey need di captain Marc-Andre ter Stegen to also find di exit, na just to see how di loading fit play out.
