The FC Barcelona is Making An About Face with Marc-André Ter Stegen. The German National Keeper wants Receive the Captain’s bracelet back.
About-Face in the Case of Marc-André Ter Stegen: AS FC Barcelona Announced in a letter statement on Friday Evening at 10:55 PM, The Disciplinary Procedings Against The 33-Year-Old Will Be Dropped and The Goalkeeper Will Receive The Captain’s Arm Back With Immediate Effect.
The Reason: According to the Catalans, Ter Steg Has now Signed the Permission that Allows the Club to Forward the Injury Report To The Spanish League.
Marc-André ter Stegen is Barca’s Captain Again
Just Hours Before, Ter Stegen Had Made his Willingness to Cooperate Clear in A Public Statement on Social Media. “I am Fully Prepared to Cooperate with the Club Management to Clarify This Matter and Grant the Requested Permission,” The Goalkeeper Declared.
Turmoil over ter Stegen’s downtime
FC Barcelona Had ONLY Initiated the Disciplinary Proceedings Against Its Long-Time Regular keeper on Tuesday. The background was ter Stegen’s alleged refusal to sign the declaration of consent in Connection with his back injury.
Ter Stegen Himlfe Had put the downtime after his operation at “About Three Months”. This caused wild speculation in the club’s Environment: Because Barca Can Only Use Part Of Ter Steg’s Salary to Register New Players IF HE IS OUT FOR AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS.
As a result, parts of the Spanish press even openly accused the German Goalkeeper of Sabotage. It was Said that Ter Stegen Was Trying to Prevent the Registration of his potential Successor, Joan García.
Ter Stegen rejects speculation
Ter Stegen Firmly Rejected ANY Connection Between his Operation and the Registration of New Players on Friday.
All personnel matters at the catalans had already be Complete Before his procedure, he could not have assumed at any time “that my unfortunate circumstances with the new operation I had to undergo could be related to the registration of other players,” he wrote.
And Further: “Any other Interpretation Seems Both unfair and inaccurate to me.”
But even if ter Stegen has now the captain’s bracelet back, he Will Probably only have the role as number Three Behind New Signing García and Wojciech Szczesny for the New Season. Coach Hansi Flick Is Said to Have Already Told the 33-Year-Old This at the Start of Training in Mid-July.