Can Barcelona sign a replacement for Ter Stegen after his recent injury? | OneFootball

There are always complications at FC Barcelona it seems, and these complications only continue to grow. Beyond just the financial catastrophe that the club has had to figure their way out of in recent seasons, there are also other pressing matters. Unfortunately, Barcelona may have to deal with some issues as soon as possible.

In the recent 5-1 victory over Villarreal, Barcelona had a lot of positives to address and managed to discover some new strengths in their team. Unfortunately, however, the game did not end on a perfect note as yet another key player has gone down to injury.

Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, the team’s first captain, was injured against the opposition at La Ceramica and as reported by Javier Miguel, is now expected to be out for a long time as he will have to shift his focus towards recovery and Barcelona will now have to worry about the upcoming games up ahead this season.

As a result, the question regarding whether Barcelona can sign a replacement or not begins to generate a lot of curiosity and begins to be raised a lot. Thus, it becomes important to address if Barcelona can or can not sign a new player now that Ter Stegen has been injured and could miss the rest of the season.

The answer, according to SPORT, is a conditional yes. As it stands, the reality is that there could be some leeway for Barcelona in this regard thanks to the special rules that La Liga has in place for long-term injuries such as this. Fortunately for La Blaugrana, it is a rule that has found great use before for the Catalan giants and it could come into play yet again.

That rule would be that Article 77 of La Liga allows teams to reallocate 80% of an injured player’s salary space or 2% of the squad’s salary limit to accommodate a new signing in case the injury in question is longer than the duration of four months. In Marc’s case, that will most likely be the case.

Having previously used Gavi’s long-term injury to make way for Vitor Roque’s registration into the team, Barcelona could now potentially address the possibility of bringing in a new goalkeeper at some point moving forward knowing full well that the German goalkeeper’s absence could be greatly detrimental to them unless they find an adequate replacement.