Barcelona Strip Ter Stegen of Captain’s Armed

Barcelona said that he had stripped Marc-Andre Ter Stegen of the captain’s range in a continuous dispute on the state of fitness of the German goalkeeper.

“As a consequence of the disciplinary procedures launched against the player Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, and until these proceedings are definitively resolved, the club … decided to temporarily remove him as the captain of the first football team,” said boat in a note.

They said that the deputy captain Ronald Araujo, a Uruguayan defender, would take over.

According to local media, the disputes focus on the refusal of the 33 -year -old of Ter Stegen to collaborate with an attempt to have classified it by La Liga as a long -term accident case, which would allow the club to deduct part of its wages from their official invoice.

With the approach of the new season of Liga, Barcelona is again fighting to meet the rules of the Spanish financial fair play. If they cannot, they may not be able to record new players.

The club plans to partially reopen its Camp Nou stadium in constant renovation of this month.

After two seasons ruined by an injury, Ter Stegen decided to undergo surgery at the end of July. He refused to sign a form by releasing his medical data to La Liga, preventing Barcelona’s attempt to have officially declared him a long -term absentee.

His place is threatened by one of the summer purchases, the 24 -year -old Joan Garcia and the 35 -year -old Wojciech Szczesny, the Polish veteran who was awarded with an extension of the contract for having undergone during the winning campaign of the Liga title last season.

The German goalkeeper, the last remaining member of the 2015 European champion team of Luis Enrique, faces heavy penalties pursuant to the La Liga regulations, including the cessation of his contract.

AFP