{"id":66618,"date":"2025-08-08T03:01:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/66618\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T03:01:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:01:32","slug":"former-spain-no-1-calls-out-ter-stegen-over-barca-stand-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/66618\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Spain No.1 calls out Ter Stegen over Barca stand off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona vs. Marc-Andre ter Stegen has the potential to derail Hansi Flick\u2019s start to the 2025\/26 season in Catalonia.<\/p>\n<p>A smooth summer has hit a major roadblock in recent weeks with Ter Stegen ready to hold his nerve amid rising pressure from the club.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona\u2019s decision to bring in Joan Garcia from Espanyol in June created friction and underlined Flick\u2019s plan to replace his fellow German international with his No.1 spot effectively removed.<\/p>\n<p>However, Barcelona need a change in stance from Ter Stegen to register Garcia as a La Liga player, and ratify Wojciech Szczesny\u2019s extension at the club.<\/p>\n<p>Ter Stegen initially stated he would only be out for three months, which would not allow Barcelona to activate La Liga\u2019s rule over using injured players \u2018salary space\u2019 to register new stars.<\/p>\n<p>The goal keeper has also rejected permission for his medical report to be sent to La Liga with Barcelona claiming his absence will be four to five months.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marc-Andre-ter-Stegen.jpg\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-238663 has-webp\" alt=\"Marc-Andre Ter Stegen\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>La Liga legends calls out Ter Stegen over Barca row<\/p>\n<p>On the back of that, Barcelona have now opened disciplinary proceedings against the former Borussia Monchengladbach stopper, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-espana.net\/2025\/08\/07\/confirmed-barcelona-strip-marc-andre-ter-stegen-of-captaincy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">and stripped him of the club captaincy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-espana.net\/2025\/08\/07\/marc-andre-ter-stegen-has-not-spoken-with-barcelona-unfazed-by-captaincy-pressure\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ter Stegen is rumoured to be unmoved following the latest update<\/a>, and he wants to remain in place at Barcelona for the 2025\/26 season, but the situation has caused a backlash.<\/p>\n<p>Former Real Madrid and Spain star Santiago Canizares has called out Ter Stegen\u2019s attitude as the saga rolls on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA captain represents the players in a match and at the negotiating table when it comes to bonuses or a dispute. He can\u2019t be lazy, create a bad atmosphere, or be selfish,\u201d as per Cadena COPE via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/fc-barcelona\/20250807\/1002511351\/canizares-comportamiento-ter-stegen-dejado-desear.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Mundo Deportivo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has to be an example. He has to encourage everyone to commit and perform well, to be a team player, to have a good vibe and to try to resolve conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, if you create conflict. If you have an open war with the club, it makes no sense for that player to be captain. The captain would now be there to resolve Ter Stegen\u2019s conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona vs. Marc-Andre ter Stegen has the potential to derail Hansi Flick\u2019s start to the 2025\/26 season in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-66618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}