Nothing goes between FC Barcelona and his goalkeeper Marc-André Ter Stegen. Both on the sporting and personal level, the two camps are on completely different wavelengths. Last season, after a very serious injury, the German goalkeeper had been far from the field for almost all year round, forcing Barça to react. The Catalan club had decided to get out of its retirement Wojciech Szczęsny to help out. The Polish goalkeeper, who had just put an end to his career and had terminated his contract with Juventus, therefore helped a season and convinced the Barcelona Board to extend his one year contract.
A mark of confidence and a first controversy while Ter Stegen was rightly returning to competition at the end of the season. The German goalkeeper, who does not wish to be a lining, quickly explained to his management that he wanted to be number one ahead of the Polish next season. But it was not really the Barça project that recruited the young Joan Garcia at the start of the transfer window. Arrived from Espanyol, the 24 -year -old goalkeeper arrives to hold the post of holder. A news that Ter Stegen has not digested at all, which has also been injured on the back and will be unavailable for several months. Successfully operated on the side of Bordeaux, Ter Stegen can no longer be sold as Barça wished.
It's war with Barça
The Catalan club even accused the player of voluntarily exaggerating his injury to prevent the club from making room for Joan Garcia and registering him in Liga. But Barça had a plan to get around this problem, provide a document to the Liga confirming the long -term injury of Ter Stegen. With this document, the Blaugranas can remove the injured player from the liga list and therefore record a recruit (if the injury exceeds 4 months). Problem, according to information from MarcaTer Stegen refuses to sign the medical report confirming its long -term injury (which is approximately 3 months)
The German international ignores the pressures of Barça and believes that the concerns of registration of recruits do not concern him. The 32 -year -old porter thinks that he has no reason to extend his unavailability time to please his club, especially since it will no longer be number one. If he were to sign the document, Ter Stegen could not play in Liga before January. Out of the question according to him since he considers to be able from the end of September. The war is declared between the two camps and Barça could sanction its player. But Ter Stegen, who has the support of the locker room in this file, is serene and believes that he will eventually have Barça yield! To be continued …
