{"id":2566,"date":"2026-09-16T13:58:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T05:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2566"},"modified":"2026-09-16T13:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T05:58:48","slug":"klopp-to-make-ter-stegen-his-first-choice-goalkeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/16\/klopp-to-make-ter-stegen-his-first-choice-goalkeeper\/","title":{"rendered":"Klopp to make Ter Stegen his first-choice goalkeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-20.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-20-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-20-767x432.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jurgen Klopp has settled on his starting goalkeeper for his maiden squad as Germany manager, with &#8216;Bild&#8217; reporting that Marc-Andre ter Stegen has got the nod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sidelined by injury and absent from the World Cup, where Manuel Neuer featured before stepping aside from the &#8216;Mannschaft&#8217; for a second time, the current Ajax shot-stopper now looks set to seize his defining opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marc-Andre ter Stegen has spent his career playing in Neuer&#8217;s shadow with Germany. Yet with the Bayern man finally out of the frame, he has at last staked his claim to the starting role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision leaves Baumann frozen out of the starting lineup. Having expected to claim the number one jersey prior to Neuer&#8217;s brief return, he must once again resign himself to a backup role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jurgen Klopp has settled on his starting goalkeeper for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2568,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566\/revisions\/2568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}