Ter Stegen will only leave Barcelona in case of a full contract termination, with him receiving all of the remaining salary in his contract. Barça hope that he'll eventually change his stance. @sport
Well at least we will have the best 3rd GK in the world.
As long as Flick didn't have the talk yet with him, these kind of reports are worthless. MAtS is since a decade in the club, first captain as well. He deserves a talk in person, and not through some shabby phone call during his vacation.
For now he obviously wants to stay and compete against Garcia, instead of running away, so he leaks it to the press. That will change as soon as Flick will tell him about Garcia getting the number one spot.
For MAtS not playing the next season after being injured the entire last season, would not only mean losing his spot at the NT he waited all his life for, but also career ending in general given his age and no match rhythm for 2 years.
The GK starting spot isn't comparable to any other spot in the team, where you can win it by training better than your direct competition. A GK has his spot safe no matter how good or bad he trains as long as he plays satisfactory and doesn't fail too often. Nobody knows this better than MAtS himself, being the second goalkeeper behind Neuer for many years.
So when Flick talks to him during the start of the pre-season, that Garcia will get preference over him, he'll leave because he has no choice. Money plays no role here in my opinion, because it's a question of continuing his career or let it end here and now. Of course it all depends on Flick and his talk. If he gives him hope to compete for the number 1 spot, he might stay, but I think Flick gave already assurances to Garcia to play, otherwise he wouldn't have come in the first place.