Marc-Andre ter Stegen is confronted with an uncertain future in Barcelona, but for this summer he is at least in the club DIT because he has decided to undergo an operation on a back problem, which will miss at least three months of action.
Ter Stegen was the one who breaked in the news that he would undergo surgery, and his announcement was not inferior to Barcelona officials. There is a conviction that the 33-year-old stated that his recovery time would be three months, which would mean that the club would not be able to use 80% of his salary to register one by Joan Garcia or Wojciech Szczesny.
That is why there were a call in Canca for Ter Stegen to be stripped of his CaptainCy role. As it looks now, he is the first captain of the club, although that is about to change.
The first team team of Barcelona will decide on the CaptainCy Group just before the start of the 2025-26 season, and according to MD, head coach Hansi Flick will also have a say in the process. He will get a voice, just like any of his players.
Barcelona is entering the new season with renewed optimism, and there is trust because of the exploits in the previous campaign – in which they have won La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup. But the situation with Ter Stegen will undoubtedly create a cloud.
The ideal situation for Barcelona would be to sell Ter Stegen, which was not calculated – on which Flick has already told him. However, this summer he will almost certainly not leave because of the operation, which means that he is only on the first time in January.