🚨 Surprise twist: Barça hand the armband back to ter Stegen | OneFootball

After the conflict between Marc-André ter Stegen and FC Barcelona threatened to escalate further, there is now a surprising turn of events. As the Catalans announced in an official statement a few minutes ago, the German national player is once again the captain of the first team with immediate effect. The position had previously been taken away from him.

The club justified the decision by stating that the keeper had signed the necessary authorization for Barça to send the medical report of his operation to LaLiga.

The background was ter Stegen's recent surgical procedure. The goalkeeper had to undergo back surgery last month and subsequently announced that he would need to pause for three months.

The Catalans, on the other hand, assumed four months and wanted to use the downtime to register additional players within the Spanish fair play regulations. According to the Catalans, ter Stegen had previously refused this, which led to the withdrawal of the captaincy.

The goalkeeper himself addressed the public today in a personal statement, denying the allegations.

Whether the waves have now been completely smoothed over remains to be seen. However, recent developments seem to be heading in that direction.

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