After the conflict between Marc-André ter Stegen and FC Barcelona threatened to escalate further, there is now a surprising turn. As the Catalans announced in an official statement a few minutes ago,...
After the conflict between Marc-André ter Stegen and FC Barcelona threatened to escalate further, there is now a surprising turn. As the Catalans announced in an official statement a few minutes ago, the German national player is again captain of the first team with immediate effect. The office had previously been withdrawn from him.
The club justified the decision by saying that the goalkeeper had signed the required authorization for Barça to send the medical report of his operation to LaLiga.
FC Barcelona official statementhttps://t.co/igQa8YJln6
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) August 8, 2025
The background to this justification was ter Stegen's recent operation. The goalkeeper had to undergo back surgery last month and subsequently announced that he would have to pause for three months.
The Catalans, on the other hand, assumed four months and wanted to use the downtime to register another player within the Spanish fair play regulations. Ter Stegen had previously refused this, according to the Catalans, which had led to the withdrawal of the captaincy.
The goalkeeper himself had addressed the public today in a personal interview and rejected the allegations.
🔵🔴 @FCBarcelonapic.twitter.com/62OpfDqJeQ
— Marc ter Stegen (@mterstegen1) August 8, 2025
Whether the waves are now finally smoothed out will be seen. As it seems, however, the latest developments are going in this direction.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.
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