Each team: Barcelona will decide on the captain position of Ter Stegen after Gambel Cup

July 26th, "Daily Sports" reported that Barcelona will decide on the position of captain of Ter Stegen after the Gambel Cup.

Tensions between Barcelona and Ter Stegen are still ongoing, and the club is extremely dissatisfied with the players' statements regarding their injuries and surgery. The German goalkeeper made it clear in the article that he would be on standby for three months, which made Barcelona unable to use its 80% salary to register for Joan Garcia or Rashford because three months did not meet the long-term injury (more than four months) standard stipulated by La Liga. There are voices within the club that the Germans should not continue to serve as captain for three reasons: first he will miss the game for several months at the beginning of the season, secondly he will become the third goalkeeper of the first team, and it is obviously unreasonable to let players who cannot play as captain. More importantly, they believe that this statement not only did not protect the interests of the team, but instead had a counterproductive effect, which is by no means the leader of the team.

However, according to the Daily Sports News, the issue of whether the captain of Ter Stegen will be decided after the Gambel Cup. Barcelona has traditionally voted for the captain by the locker room, but it is not ruled out that the club put pressure on Frick to directly revoke Ter Stegen's captain's armband.

Terstegen retained his captain position last season despite being injured in September to May of the following year. However, after his comeback, Ter Stegen's relationship with the club deteriorated. He repeatedly emphasized the need to regain the main position, but Flick did not buy it. Even more, he failed to play in the league against Athletic Bilbao in the last round (which made him miss the prize terms in the contract), and he went to the national team to participate in the UEFA Nations League match with anger.

The final decision is in Flick's hands, and the coach who has always advocated maintaining balance and harmony in the locker room believes that these two points are key factors in success. The current first team captain sequence is: Ter Stegen, De Jong, Araujo, Rafinia and Pedri. Players will also comment on this, and it remains to be seen whether to maintain the status quo or revote like last August.

According to convention, the Barcelona captain usually sends a speech to fans after the Gambling Cup to start the new season. This should have been Ter Stegen's duty, but given his injury situation, it is expected to be carried out by second captain Araujo. After this pre-season friendly match, the question of whether the German goalkeeper will continue to serve as the first team captain of Barcelona will be settled.