Barcelona have introduced that Marc-André ter Stegen has been briefly stripped of the membership’s captaincy because the fallout from his decrease again surgical procedure continues.
ESPN reported on Tuesday that the goalkeeper refused to signal a consent kind for his medical information to be shared with LaLiga, with Barça contemplating taking authorized motion in response.
Defender Ronald Araújo will take over as membership captain till the difficulty is resolved, the membership stated.
“Barcelona hereby declares that, following the disciplinary proceedings opened in opposition to participant Marc-André ter Stegen, and till this matter is definitively resolved, the membership, by mutual settlement with the sporting director and the teaching workers, has determined to briefly withdraw his function as first-team captain,” Barça stated.
Barça might have not less than 50% of the participant’s wage freed up for registration functions underneath LaLiga’s harm provision, a rule that applies if a participant is sidelined for not less than 4 months. Whereas Barcelona consider Ter Stegen can be out for not less than 4 months, the goalkeeper stated in an announcement that he anticipated to be again in motion in simply three months.
If Ter Stegen’s restoration time is greater than 4 months, Barça might launch him from his contract and register different gamers comparable to Marcus Rashford.
Barça signed Joan García from Espanyol to be their No. 1 goalkeeper and in addition determined to resume the contract of veteran Wojciech Szczesny.
Ter Stegen’s choice to bear surgical procedure was a serious setback for Barcelona as ESPN had reported that the Catalan membership had meant to let him go away the membership this summer time.
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Earlier this month, Barça gamers Frenkie de Jong and Ferran Torres, amongst others, backed Ter Stegen to proceed as first-team captain.
“For me, Marc is the workforce’s captain, similar to he was final season,” De Jong stated.
“Marc is a world-class participant and has all the time given his greatest to the membership, so I totally help him. From what I do know, the remainder of the workforce does too.” Ter Stegen joined Barça from Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2014 and has been the workforce’s undisputed No.1 since 2016.
Barcelona have but to register 5 gamers with 11 days to go earlier than they start their LaLiga title defence in opposition to Mallorca.
