Official: Barcelona star reinstated as club captain | OneFootball

La Liga giants Barcelona have announced that goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen has been reinstated as the club’s first captain.

This comes just days on from the German being stripped of his armband.

After Ter Stegen refused the Barcelona board’s plea for him to sign off on the club’s medical report regarding his recent surgery, the Camp Nou brass made the no doubt difficult call to heavily punish their long-time no.1.

Teammate Ronald Araújo, in turn, was chosen as the man to replace Ter Stegen as the dressing room leader in Hansi Flick’s squad.

As alluded to above, though, mere days later, the situation has been flipped on its head once more.

As per a statement across Barcelona’s official website and social media platforms:

‘The Club announces that the player Marc-André ter Stegen has signed the authorisation necessary for the Club to send La Liga the medical report relating to his surgery.

‘The disciplinary case has been closed and the player is captain of the first team once again with immediate effect.’

Conor Laird – GSFN