Barcelona’s ter Stegen loses captaincy while Lewandowski woes continues

Goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen took to societal media connected Friday to support himself aft Barcelona started disciplinary proceedings that could let them to terminate his contract.

“In caller weeks, galore things person been said astir maine – immoderate of them wholly unfounded,” helium wrote connected Instagram. “Therefore, I consciousness it is indispensable to explicit my mentation of events respectfully, yet clearly.”

The nine started disciplinary enactment connected Tuesday and stripped the German of the nine captaincy connected Thursday.

The quality centres connected the German’s fittingness aft helium underwent backmost country astatine the extremity of July.

Local media reported earlier successful the week that the 33-year-old had refused to cooperate and merchandise his aesculapian details, truthful the nine tried to person him classified by La Liga arsenic a semipermanent injury, which would let Barcelona to deduct portion of his wage from their authoritative wage bill.

“I americium afloat consenting to collaborate with the club’s absorption to resoluteness this substance and to supply the requested authorisation,” ter Stegen wrote.

With the caller La Liga play approaching, Barcelona are again struggling to fulfill Spanish fiscal just play rules. If they cannot, they whitethorn not beryllium capable to registry caller players.

Ter Stegen said if the nine was successful a fiscal bind, it should not blasted his backmost problems.

“I would besides similar to clarify that each of the club’s signings and declaration renewals were completed anterior to my surgery,” helium wrote.

“The determination to acquisition country was afloat approved by the club, and ever with the volition of prioritising my wellness and semipermanent sporting vocation which of people are afloat aligned with those of FCB to person myself disposable connected the transportation arsenic soon arsenic imaginable to support winning trophies.”

He added that his caller country should not interfere with the “registration of different colleagues whom I greatly respect and look guardant to stock locker country with for galore seasons”.

“My committedness to these colours remains absolute.”

Ter Stegen’s spot is nether menace from 1 of the summertime signings, 24-year-old Joan Garcia, arsenic good arsenic 35-year-old Wojciech Szczesny, the Polish seasoned who has been rewarded with a declaration hold for taking implicit during past season’s La Liga title-winning campaign.

If the nine pursues its disciplinary action, ter Stegen, the past remaining subordinate of Luis Enrique’s 2015 European champion team, could look dense penalties nether La Liga regulations, including the termination of his contract.

Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski scores his side’s archetypal extremity connected the last time of past play against Athletic Bilbao [Pankra Nieto/Reuters]

Lewandowski deed by much hamstring problems

Robert Lewandowski, meanwhile, volition miss Barcelona’s affable lucifer connected Sunday due to the fact that of a hamstring problem, the Catalan nine said Friday.

Barcelona volition big Italian nine Como successful the accepted curtain-raising Joan Gamper Trophy crippled earlier its La Liga run starts connected August 16, against Mallorca.

“The striker is unavailable for Sunday’s crippled and his betterment volition find his return,” the squad said successful a statement.

Lewandowski scored 42 goals full successful 52 appearances past play to assistance Barcelona triumph the La Liga title. His 27 league goals were 2nd lone to Kylian Mbappe’s 31.

The 36-year-old Poland planetary is opening his 4th play astatine Barcelona.

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick remonstrates with referee Szymon Marciniak astatine the extremity of the archetypal fractional of the Champions League 2nd limb necktie against Inter Milan [Daniele Mascolo/Reuters]

Hansi fixed the flick by UEFA

There was besides atrocious quality connected Friday for Barcelona manager Hansi Flick and his adjunct Marcus Sorg. The brace person been fined 20,000 euros ($23,320) each and banned for 1 lucifer successful UEFA nine competitions for misconduct, the European shot governing body’s disciplinary committee said.

Flick had been furious astatine respective refereeing decisions successful his side’s 4-3 semifinal loss to Inter Milan successful May that stopped them from reaching their archetypal Champions League last successful a decade.

The sanctions volition instrumentality contiguous effect, ruling some men retired of the dugout for the commencement of this season’s Champions League.

In a abstracted decision, UEFA fined Barcelona forwards Lamine Yamal and Lewandowski 5,000 euros ($5,820) each for failing to comply with instructions from an antidoping serviceman and not instantly reporting to a power station astatine the aforesaid game.

Barcelona were besides fined 5,250 euros ($6,111) implicit fans throwing objects and 2,500 euros ($2,910) for lighting fireworks during the match. Inter were fined 22,000 euros ($25,608) for their supporters’ blocking nationalist passageways and different 11,500 euros ($13,386) for lighting fireworks.

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