No sooner did Marc-Andre ter Stegen get injured than the club made a definitive decision to bring another keeper in rather than place their trust in Inaki Pena.
Though he’s always been the No.2 between the sticks for Barca, he surely deserves more of an opportunity to prove he has what it takes to be the German’s regular stand-in.
The imminent arrival of Wojciech Szczesny looks like denying him that possibility, and that’ll be a bitter pill for the custodian to swallow.
Against Getafe the 25-year-old had little to do for the most part, but when he was called upon, he couldn’t have done any more to impress Hansi Flick et al.