ter Stegen (hamstring) is making progress in his recovery from surgery but is taking a cautious approach to his return, with the World Cup a complicated but not impossible goal, the player said to the media,
per Barca Universal. "I will not force anything because my health is the most important thing, even though I also have the desire to be at the World Cup. There are many factors and I respect all the decisions that will be made, so I am very calm. I feel good and free in my movements, the most important thing is to be healthy and then we will see at the end of the season because going to the World Cup is complicated."