It is said that Ter Stegen and Barcelona hurt each other and fell into a deadlock of both sides.

The tension between Barcelona goalkeeper Ter Stegen and the club's management is turning into a "lose-lose situation".

According to multiple Spanish media reports, the German goalkeeper is currently very dissatisfied with Barcelona's senior management, especially after the club signed goalkeeper Garcia from Espanyol for 20 million euros. To express dissatisfaction, Ter Stegen suddenly announced that he would undergo knee surgery, with the expected time of injury to be three months (from the end of July to the end of October), rather than the four months previously expected. This decision put Barcelona in a passive situation.

Why is the three-month injury so great?

Originally, Barcelona believed that if Ter Stegen was injured for four months or more, they could use the "injury salary mechanism" of La Liga - that is, the club can use 80% of the player's salary space to register a new player. This mechanism is a key condition for Barcelona to introduce Garcia.

However, Ter Stegen shortened the time for injury to three months, meaning Barcelona cannot activate this mechanism and thus cannot complete registration for Garcia. This puts the club in a dilemma: on one side, it is unable to register a new goalkeeper, and on the other side, the main goalkeeper will miss nearly half a season.

Media: Did Terstegen intend to do it?

Spanish "Marca" commented that Ter Stegen obviously intends to control the time of injury to within three months, in order to prevent Barcelona from using the salary mechanism to register new players and put pressure on the club. "When a person is angry, he will try his best to embarrass his opponent. In this case, Barcelona is his opponent."

The National Archives also pointed out: "Terstegen is playing strategy, and his 'three-month injury' statement is by no means accidental." The newspaper analyzed that this internal conflict will harm both sides.

Both sides cannot escape losses

From the player's perspective, deliberately shortening the injury time may increase the risk of injury recurrence, especially for key parts such as the knee. From Barcelona's perspective, if Garcia cannot be registered, the team will not have a officially registered substitute goalkeeper at the beginning of the new season, which poses a serious threat to the stability of the roster.

Currently, Barcelona is actively seeking to transfer the German goalkeeper away. But the problem is that Ter Stegen's high salary and injury status are discouraging potential buyers. At the same time, he himself is not in a hurry to leave, obviously hoping to put pressure on the club in this way to strive for a more beneficial solution.

The conflict between Terstegen and Barcelona is turning into an "internal friction" that no one wants to see. Players hope to maintain their position by controlling injury time, while the club is trapped in the cap space and registration difficulties. In the end, no matter which side "wins", it may come at the expense of the overall interests of the team.