Never before has a player refused: a case will be opened and further measures will not be excluded.
All-out war between Barcelona and Ter Stegen. The German goalkeeper has refused to sign the consent form to submit the report on his lumbar operation to the LaLiga Medical Commission, as Mundo Deportivo reported, and the club will open the disciplinary procedure against him. Never before in history has a player refused to share his data. The club, which was surprised by the decision of Ter Stegen, despite the tensions with him in recent weeks, is convinced that he will reconsider. However, the legal department of the club is already studying the case to see if he is maintaining his position: Barça has not excluded that further disciplinary and legal measures will be taken.
Barcelona, who arrived in Barcelona on Tuesday after their tour through Asia, had and had still planned a meeting with Ter Stegen to discuss the medical report on his lumbar operation, which he has to send to Laliga so that the organization can determine how long it should be gone. If it is four months or more, it is considered in the long term, and his absence could register other players, such as goalkeeper Joan García. But the German keeper, to the surprise of Barça, refused to give his permission to send his data to Madrid. He did not wait to meet the doctors of the institution at the planned meeting to express his position.
Historical refusal
His approval to submit the documents is considered a bureaucratic step, and all players agree, hence the surprise of the club. In fact, it has never happened before: neither in Barça nor in the history of Laliga. He has already given his approval in earlier transactions. The Catalan club, stunned, will immediately open the disciplinary procedure against him. His position caused a lot of displeasure at the club, which regards his behavior as an act of evil loyalty.
He offered the data
Despite this situation and the enormous surprise, Barcelona remains calm and trusts that Ter Stegen will eventually reconsider and sign the report as soon as he understands the consequences of his refusal. It harms the club, his teammates and him seriously. Moreover, Barça believes that there will be legal grounds for, among other things, to give the document, among other things, because the former Borussia Mönchengladbach player was the first to pronounced his illness and the length of his absence. The legal services of the club are currently investigating this unusual matter.
The reasons for the crisis
The player and the club have been at odds since the signing of goalkeeper Joan García, so that the club has marketed the German. This situation deteriorated with the decision of Ter Stegen to announce, individually and not jointly with Barça, his decision to undergo surgery and even announced that his absence would only be three months in the short term. Relations seemed to reach their peak with the club's reaction: him from the bracelet of the captain stripping. The club was clear that his absence would be longer and that his message was only meant to hurt registrations, which is why they did not see him as a leader in the dressing room. But they were convinced that the war would not escalate and hoped for things to smooth out during the meeting that was planned today, where the international would give his approval for the report. To the surprise of the leadership of Barça, who heard of his refusal to sign the contract during his flight back to Barcelona after the Asian tour, the conflict is not over, and now the goalkeeper refuses to provide details about his operation to the club so that it can send a report to Liga.
However, the club hopes to meet in the coming hours with Ter Stegen and to convince him to reconsider. If he does not, further legal and disciplinary measures will be taken.