{"id":33741,"date":"2025-08-11T15:49:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=33741"},"modified":"2025-08-11T15:49:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:49:48","slug":"ter-stegen-restored-as-captain-after-fitness-dispute-resolved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/ter-stegen-restored-as-captain-after-fitness-dispute-resolved\/","title":{"rendered":"Ter Stegen restored as Captain After Fitness Dispute Resolved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/team\/barcelona\/SKbpVP5K\/\">Barcelona<\/a> have reinstated Marc-Andr\u00e9 ter Stegen as club captain after settling a disagreement over the goalkeeper\u2019s fitness. Earlier this week, the Catalan side had launched disciplinary proceedings and stripped the 33-year-old of the armband. This followed a row linked to his recovery from back surgery in late July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports suggested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.co.uk\/player\/ter-stegen-marc-andre\/byxc46yl\/\">Ter Stegen<\/a> had initially refused to release his medical details. This prompted the club to seek La Liga approval to classify him as a long-term injury and reduce his wage bill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Barcelona confirmed late on Friday that the German had signed the required documents. This has closed the matter and restored his captaincy immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ter Stegen addressed the issue on Instagram earlier in the day, rejecting false claims and stressing his willingness to work with the club to resolve the dispute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona have reinstated Marc-Andr\u00e9 ter Stegen as club captain after settling a disagreement over the goalkeeper\u2019s fitness. Earlier this week, the Catalan side had launched disciplinary proceedings and stripped the 33-year-old of the armband. This followed a row linked to his recovery from back surgery in late July. Reports suggested Ter Stegen had initially refused to release his medical details. This prompted the club to seek La Liga approval to classify him as a long-term injury and reduce his wage bill.&nbsp; However, Barcelona confirmed late on Friday that the German had signed the required documents. This has closed the matter and restored his captaincy immediately. Ter Stegen addressed the issue on Instagram earlier in the day, rejecting false claims and stressing his willingness to work with the club to resolve the dispute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":33857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,159,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-football-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ter Stegen restored as Captain After Fitness Dispute Resolved - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Barcelona have reinstated Marc-Andr\u00e9 Ter Stegen as club captain after settling a disagreement over the goalkeeper\u2019s fitness.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/ter-stegen-restored-as-captain-after-fitness-dispute-resolved\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ter Stegen restored as Captain After Fitness Dispute Resolved - 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