Delicate captain’s choice
Because of the Stegen: In Barcelona there is a threat of trouble
01.08.2025 – 8:33 amReading time: 2 min.
Marc-André Ter Stegen is out for several months. At FC Barcelona, it is only number three. But what if the players choose him again?
A delicate question of personnel is bought by the Spanish master Barça. Trainer Hansi Flick is faced with a decision that could not only be sporty, but also internally explosive: Who will be the new captain? After the 7: 3 test game against FC Seoul, Frenkie de Jong clearly spoke out for Marc-André Ter Stegen. For him, the German goalkeeper is “the captain of the team, as he was in the past season,” said the Dutch international.
Ter Stegen is a world-class player and “always did his best for the club, so I support Marc very much and as far as I know, the team does that too”. However, after a new intervention on the back, Ter Stegen will have to pause for a long time. He himself stated a downtime of three months.
De Jong was not alone with his opinion and his assessment. “I do not know whether there will be a choice or not, we have not yet talked about it, at least I know nothing about it, but in my opinion, because of his experience and long -standing belonging to the club, Spanish international Ferran Torres was quoted by” Mundo Deportivo “.
The problem is less in possible disagreements between the players than in the different preferences of the players and the club, wrote “Marca”. Because the club bosses want to get rid of the 33 -year -old German national goalkeeper, who has been playing for FC Barcelona since summer 2014 and worked up to the captain.
In Joan García, they won the 24 -year -old keeper from the city rival Espanyol as the new number one. The 35-year-old Pole Wojciech Szczesny got a new contract again.
Also because of the permanently tense financial situation, those responsible for the association are said to have hoped for a departure of Ter Stegen. His contract is still valid for three years – and he wants to fulfill it for the time being. This in turn is supposed to angry some bosses in the club in such a way that they no longer want ter Stegen as captain, as it said in the reports.
The back surgery forces Ter Stegen to a long break again in the World Cup year after his serious knee injury last season. National coach Julian Nagelsmann nevertheless wants to rely on Ter Stegen at the World Cup next summer – if he gets number one again in the club.