Spanish media: Ter Stegen deliberately claimed to be absent for only three months, making Barcelona unable to register for new players

According to Catalan media "Esport3", Ter Stegen claimed that he would be on standby for three months, deliberately preventing Barcelona from exempting his salary space.

The media pointed out that the tug-of-war between Barcelona and the German goalkeeper has not yet ended. Barcelona once wanted to force him to find his next home, but Te Lion had flatly refused and insisted on being the main force. Now he even went further.

Telstegen made it clear in his statement announcing that he would stay away from the field for three months. This means his injury cannot be considered a long-term injury (minimum 4 months), so Barcelona cannot exempt its salary space to relieve the pressure on the FFP.

La Liga rules allow that if a player is injured and must be injured for four months, the club can exempt his salary from the team's total salary. According to Esport3, the club's medical department evaluated that since the special lion is a part of the recurrence of the old injury and is the site of surgery, the recovery time will be between 4 and 5 months.

This statement may have masked the struggle between the goalkeeper and Barcelona's management. Because if the German injury is four months (which is also the case initially discussed), the club can use 80% of its salary (one of the highest salary in the team) to register other players, such as Joan Garcia and Rashford.

Barcelona goalkeeper's position is unusual. Because only Penia can play in the league against Majorca on August 16. In addition to Ter Stegen's absence due to injury, neither Joan Garcia nor Szczesny were registered because there was not enough exemption in the total salary.

In this case, Frick had to take Penia to the Asian tour and suspend his departure.