We don't know but it's not hard to guess. They knew he was a bum. And the worst position to carry a bum is GK.
Aye you blame him and Messi.
Nothing new.
Excellent postMessi hates Stegen for good reason. With a keeper like that, as soon as he had a not so good game, we were out from CL guaranteed. Every single time. Messi as a player was a tremendous force but not a pure leader. He needed someone to step in in crucial pressure moments and between likes of Stegen, Pique, Alba, he got shite on a stick.
A top leader in central defense and goalkeeper and the CL tally of Messi Barca would have been greatly improved. Messi loved leaders and respected big game players tremendously during his career. He had his big share of blame for the Amigo culture but Madrid won many CLs with managers who behaved like EV did. But they had leaders in defense and goalkeeper position. Not bums.
Stegen is one of the worst signings in our entire history. Without a doubt.
This club is seriously in need of getting GK position sorted.
Absolute travesty that the best keeer I have seen at this club for 20 something years is probably a semi-retired Sczesny.
Such a joke...
Even Valdes. The moment he left Barcelona he was done in football.
What did he say wrong?No clue.
This bum couldn't even win the competition with Claudio Bravo without using the press.